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.
- Type: Town with 13,900 residents
- Description: town in Essex County, Ontario, Canada
- Also known as: “Amherstburg (Ontario)”, “Amherstburg, ON”, and “Amherstburg, Ontario”
- Historically known as: “Fort Amherstburg” and “Fort Malden”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Amherstburg Freedom Museum and Amherstburg Royal Naval Dockyard.
Amherstburg
- Categories: lower-tier municipality of Ontario and locality
- Location: Amherstburg, Essex County, Southwestern Ontario, Ontario, Canada, North America
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Latitude
42.1013° or 42° 6′ 5″ north
Longitude
-83.1087° or 83° 6′ 31″ west
Population
13,900
Elevation
181 metres (594 feet)
UN/LOCODE
CA AMH
Open location code
86JR4V2R+GG
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap 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”
- Swedish: “Amherstburg”
- Turkish: “Amherstburg”
- Urdu: “ایمہرسٹبرگ”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Glen Eden and Amherst Pointe.
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Worth a closer look: Windsor and Point Pelee National Park.
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