Amherstburg

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

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

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

Church
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The is a church in Amherstburg, , Canada, established in 1848 to serve the town's growing Black community, many of whom had escaped slavery in the United States.

Amherstburg

Latitude
42.1013° or 42° 6′ 5″ north
Longitude
-83.1087° or 83° 6′ 31″ west
Population
13,900
Elevation
181 metres (594 feet)
United Nations Location Code
CA AMH
Open location code
86JR4V2R+GG
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1315256917
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
5884472
Wiki­data ID
Q385335
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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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