Black Oak Heritage Park

Black Oak Heritage Park is a nature reserve in Windsor, Essex County, Ontario. Black Oak Heritage Park is situated nearby to the town LaSalle, as well as near River Rouge.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Gordie Howe International Bridge and Mic Mac Park.

Gordie Howe International Bridge

Bridge

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The Gordie Howe International Bridge is a cable-stayed bridge across the Detroit River. The international crossing connects Detroit, Michigan, United States, with Windsor, Ontario, Canada, by linking Interstate 75 in Michigan with Highway 401 in Ontario.

Mic Mac Park

Park

Mic Mac Park is a park in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, in the west end area of the city located on Prince Road. It is perhaps the largest park complex in Windsor, and it contained two water slides, soccer fields, four baseball diamonds, a swimming pool, tennis courts and more.

Sandwich First Baptist Church

Church

Photo: jodelli, CC BY 2.0.

The Sandwich First Baptist Church is a Black Baptist church located in the Sandwich neighbourhood of Windsor, Ontario, Canada. It was established to serve a community of refugees who had fled slavery on the Underground Railroad.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Southwest Side and LaSalle.

Southwest Side

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.

The Southwest Side of Detroit is 2 miles outside of downtown. It is home to popular ethnically diverse neighborhoods, such as Corktown and Mexicantown.

LaSalle

Town

Photo: P199, CC BY-SA 3.0.

LaSalle is a town in Essex County, Ontario, Canada. It is a bedroom community of the City of Windsor, part of the Windsor Census Metropolitan Area, and located south of that city.

River Rouge

Town

Photo: Notorious4life, Public domain.

River Rouge is a city in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. An inner-ring, Downriver suburb of Detroit, River Rouge is located roughly 7 miles southwest of downtown Detroit.

Black Oak Heritage Park

Type: Nature reserve
Category: recreation area
Location: Windsor, Essex County, Southwestern Ontario, Ontario, Canada, North America
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Latitude

42.2674° or 42° 16′ 3″ north

Longitude

-83.0886° or 83° 5′ 19″ west

Open location code

86JR7W86+XH

OpenStreetMap ID

way 161929066

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=nature_reserve

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Broadway Park and Ojibway Prairie Provincial Nature Reserve.

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