Amherstburg
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.Photo: Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Town with 13,900 residents
- Description: town in Essex County, Ontario, Canada
- Also known as: “Amherstburg, ON” and “Amherstburg, Ontario”
- Historically known as: “Fort Amherstburg” and “Fort Malden”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Amherstburg Freedom Museum and Amherstburg Royal Naval Dockyard.
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.
Amherstburg Royal Naval Dockyard
Historic site
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 First Baptist Church
Church
Photo: Crisco 1492, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Amherstburg First Baptist Church is a predominantly black church in Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada. It was founded by Anthony Binga Sr. and other Amherstburg residents in 1838.
Amherstburg
- Categories: lower-tier municipality of Ontario and locality
- Location: Amherstburg, Essex County, Southwestern Ontario, Ontario, Canada, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.1013° or 42° 6′ 5″ northLongitude
-83.1087° or 83° 6′ 31″ westPopulation
13,900Elevation
181 metres (594 feet)United Nations Location Code
CA AMHOpen location code
86JR4V2R+GGOpenStreetMap ID
node 1315256917OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Amherstburg” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “أمهيرستبارج”
- Asturian: “Amherstburg”
- Atikamekw: “Amherstburg”
- Catalan: “Amherstburg”
- Cebuano: “Amherstburg”
- Chinese: “阿默斯特堡”
- Dutch: “Amherstburg”
- Egyptian Arabic: “امهيرستبارج”
- French: “Amherstburg”
- German: “Amherstburg”
- Italian: “Amherstburg”
- Japanese: “アマーストバーグ”
- Persian: “امهرستبرگ”
- Polish: “Amherstburg”
- Serbian: “Амерстбург”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Amherstburg”
- Slovenian: “Amherstburg”
- South Azerbaijani: “آمهرزتبورق”
- Spanish: “Amherstburg (Ontario)”
- Spanish: “Amherstburg”
- Swedish: “Amherstburg”
- Turkish: “Amherstburg”
- Urdu: “ایمہرسٹبرگ”
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