Amherstburg Channel

Amherstburg Channel is a strait in Ontario, Canada. Amherstburg Channel is situated nearby to Grosse Ile Township, as well as near the locality Edgewater Beach.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Amherstburg Royal Naval Dockyard and Amherstburg Freedom Museum.

Amherstburg Royal Naval Dockyard

Historic site

Photo: jbcurio, CC BY 2.0.

Amherstburg Royal Naval Dockyard was a Provincial Marine and then a Royal Navy yard from 1796 to 1813 located at Fort Amherstburg, Upper Canada, situated on the Detroit River.

Amherstburg Freedom Museum

Museum

Photo: Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Amherstburg Freedom Museum, previously known as the North American Black Historical Museum, is located in Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada. It is a community-based, non-profit museum that tells the story of African-Canadians' history and contributions.

Christ Church

Church

Photo: JFVoll, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Christ Church is an Anglican Church of Canada church in Amherstburg, Ontario. Built between 1818 and 1819, it served the garrison at Fort Malden as well as the local civilian population.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Amherstburg and Grosse Ile Township.

Amherstburg

Photo: Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Amherstburg is a town of about 24,000 people near the mouth of the Detroit River in Essex County. The small town is rich in history, with several important heritage sites linked to the War of 1812 and the Underground Railroad.

Grosse Ile Township

Town

Photo: TimK MSI, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Grosse Ile Township is a civil township in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. A Downriver suburb of Detroit, Grosse Ile Township consists of multiple islands in the Detroit River, roughly 18 miles southwest of downtown Detroit.

Gibraltar

Town

Gibraltar is a city in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. A Downriver suburb of Detroit, Gibraltar is located roughly 22 miles southwest of downtown Detroit. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 4,997.

Amherstburg Channel

Type: Strait
Category: body of water
Location: Ontario, Canada, North America
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Latitude

42.10814° or 42° 6′ 29″ north

Longitude

-83.11656° or 83° 6′ 60″ west

Elevation

172 metres (564 feet)

Open location code

86JR4V5M+79

OpenStreetMap ID

node 2160400037

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=strait

GeoNames ID

5884474

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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