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 Bois Blanc Island.
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.
Bois Blanc Island
Island
Bois Blanc Island, commonly referred to as Boblo Island, is an island in the Detroit River on the Canadian side of the border and is part of Amherstburg, Ontario.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Grosse Ile Township and Gibraltar.
Grosse Ile Township
Town
Photo: TimK MSI, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Grosse Ile Township is a civil township of Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 10,777 at the 2020 census. The township encompasses several islands in the Detroit River, of which the largest is named as Grosse Ile. Grosse Ile Township is situated 5 km northwest of Amherstburg.
Gibraltar
Town
Gibraltar is a city in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 4,997 at the 2020 census. Gibraltar is a southern city of Metro Detroit and is about 12 miles south of the city of Detroit. Gibraltar is situated 7 km west of Amherstburg.
Amherstburg
- Categories: lower-tier municipality of Ontario and locality
- Location: 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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