Walkerville
Walkerville, Ontario, is a former town in Canada, that is today a heritage precinct of Windsor, Ontario. The town was founded by Hiram Walker in 1890, owner and producer of Canadian Club Whisky.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Locality
- Description: human settlement in Ontario, Canada
- Also known as: “Walkerville, Ontario”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Windsor Railway Station and Willistead Manor.
Windsor Railway Station
Railway station
Photo: Admachina, Public domain.
Windsor station is a train station in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. It is the western terminus of Via Rail's Quebec City–Windsor Corridor. It is located in the Walkerville neighbourhood adjacent to the Hiram Walker distillery, near the Detroit River.
Willistead Manor
Photo: Mikerussell, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Willistead Manor is a historic house located in the former town of Walkerville, Ontario, Canada, now part of Windsor. Designed by Albert Kahn for Edward Chandler Walker and built between 1904 and 1906, the manor was ceded to the community in 1921, a few years after Walker's death.
Walkerville Collegiate Institute
School
Photo: Copystar, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Walkerville Collegiate Institute is a secondary school in the Walkerville area of Windsor, Ontario and managed by the Greater Essex County District School Board.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Windsor and Chinatown.
Windsor
Photo: Tbirdskelding, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Windsor is a mid-sized Canadian city on the southwest tip of Ontario. It's an extremely multicultural city with over 20% of its population having been born outside of Canada.
Chinatown
Neighborhood
Windsor's West Side neighbourhood is home to a Chinatown. As of 2012 it is the largest Chinatown in proximity to Detroit, Michigan. The Chinatown started in 1961 with 500 Chinese to over 5,000 by 1981. Chinatown is situated 3½ km west of Walkerville.
Lafayette Park
Neighborhood
Photo: Mikerussell, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lafayette Park is a neighborhood located east of Downtown Detroit. It contains a residential area of some 4,900 people and covers 0.37 sq mi. The northern section, planned and partially built in the 1950s by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, is listed in the National Register of Historic Places; it was designated a National Historic Landmark District in 2015. Lafayette Park is situated 4 km northwest of Walkerville.
Walkerville
- Category: neighborhood
- Location: Essex County, Southwestern Ontario, Ontario, Canada, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to French—“Walkerville” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “沃克維爾 (安大略)”
- Chinese: “沃克维尔 (安大略)”
- Chinese: “沃克维尔”
- Dutch: “Walkerville”
- French: “Walkerville”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Belle Isle Historical Marker and Lake Tacoma.
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