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Windsor (/ ˈ w ɪ n d z ər / WIND-zer) is a city in southwestern Ontario, Canada, on the south bank of the Detroit River directly across from Detroit, Michigan, United States.. Geographically located within but administratively independent of Essex County, it is the southernmost city in Canada and marks the southwestern end of the Quebec City–Windsor Cor
This is a list of people from Windsor, Ontario. This list includes people from the Windsor-Essex County area (Amherstburg, Essex, Kingsville, Lakeshore, LaSalle, Leamington, Tecumseh, and Windsor). This list includes people from the Windsor-Essex County area (Amherstburg, Essex, Kingsville, Lakeshore, LaSalle, Leamington, Tecumseh, and Windsor).
Essex County hosts some of the warmest summer weather in Canada, given that it is the southernmost part of Canada.It has a humid continental climate (Köppen Dfa) with four distinct seasons and a localized maritime climate from the surrounding Great Lakes.
West Windsor incorporates the built-up areas and neighbourhoods in a triangle from the Essex Terminal Railway, to Huron Church Road, to E.C. Row Expressway. Its population is roughly 20,000 people. It is also occasionally listed as "Malden" in maps containing neighbourhoods, from the large Malden Park inside it.
On August 10, 1907, at the Essex Station, which is the train station located in the town of Essex, Ontario there was a large explosion that sent shock waves across the county and even into some parts of nearby Michigan.
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Essex—Windsor was abolished in 1996 when it was re-distributed between a new "Essex" riding and Windsor West. The new Essex riding was created from parts of Essex—Windsor and Essex—Kent ridings. It consisted initially of Pelee Island and the County of Essex excluding the City of Windsor, the towns of Leamington and Tecumseh, the Village ...
Commercial rail service is provided through Essex Terminal Railway, which operates a 35 km line to Windsor. The former Michigan Central Railway / CASO railway linking Amherstburg to Essex was converted into the Cypher Systems Group Greenway rail trail in stages beginning in 2007, with the two stream bridges being rehabilitated for public use ...