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Windsor, city, seat of Essex county, southern Ontario, Canada. Windsor is situated on the left (south) bank of the Detroit River, opposite Detroit, Michigan. Settled by French farmers shortly after 1701, when a fort was established at Detroit, the city was known as "the Ferry" and later as Richmond before it was renamed in 1836 for Windsor (New Windsor), England.
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- 1767 - Parish of Our Lady of the Assumption established in Windsor
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Church of Our Lady of the Assumption
350 Huron Church Rd., Windsor, ONTARIO
Jesuit mission 1728
Parish established 1767
Source: Google maps
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Map- 1855 - The Great Western Railway links Windsor with Hamilton and Toronto.
en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/ Timeline_of_Ontario_history - 1865 - Church of St. Alphonsus established at Windsor
www.gcatholic.org - 1869 - Windsor
Windsor. - The largest and most important Town in the County of Essex, is pleasantly situated on the Detroit River, in the Township of Sandwich,...Read MORE... - 1873
WINDSOR, an incorporated town and port of entry of Ontario, co. of Essex, on the Detroit river, opposite Detroit, and at the W. terminus of the G. W. ...Read MORE... 
Michigan Central Tunnel, Windsor, Ont., Canada
Postcard- 1906
Windsor, a city and port of entry of Essex co., Ontario, on the Detroit River, opposite Detroit, and on the Grand Trunk, the Canadian Pacific and...Read MORE... 
Norton Palmer Hotel, Windsor, Ont.
Postcard- 1916 - Church of the Holy Trinity established at Windsor
www.gcatholic.org 
Walker Airport, Near Windsor, Ont., Canada.
Postcard- 1925 - Chrysler of Canada is founded in Windsor, Ontario and the Plymouth Q-Four is the first Plymouth automobile manufactured in Canada.
www.canadiancar.technomuses.ca/ eng/ frise_chronologique-timeline/ 1920/ - 1928 - Church of St. Anthony of Padua and Church of St. Theresa both established at Windsor
www.gcatholic.org - 1929 - Church of the Most Precious Blood established at Windsor
www.gcatholic.org - 1937 - Church of the Blessed Sacrament established at Windsor
www.gcatholic.org - 1949 - Church of St. Michael established at Windsor
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1960 - BLAST TOPPLES WALL OF STORE; SIX ARE KILLED.
Windsor, Ont. - AP - Six persons were reported killed and at least 50 injured in an explosion that collapsed a department store in downtown Windsor...Read MORE...- Windsor
Windsor, Ont, incorporated as a city in 1892, population 210 891 (2011c), 216 473 (2006c). The City of Windsor is Canada's southernmost city and is...Read MORE...
Old Photos, Pictures, Advertisements and Postcards from Windsor, Essex, Ontario, Canada
Windsor, Essex, Ontario, Canada
 (Sandwich) (Walkerville) - Church of Our Lady of the Assumption
350 Huron Church Rd., Windsor, ONTARIO
Jesuit mission 1728
Parish established 1767
Source: Google maps
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Church of Our Lady of the Assumption
350 Huron Church Rd., Windsor, ONTARIO
Jesuit mission 1728
Parish established 1767
Source: Google maps
Photograph
Windsor, Essex, Ontario, Canada
 (Sandwich) (Walkerville) - www.freeusandworldmaps.com)
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Windsor, Essex, Ontario, Canada
 (Sandwich) (Walkerville) - Michigan Central Tunnel, Windsor, Ont., Canada)
Michigan Central Tunnel, Windsor, Ont., Canada
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Windsor, Essex, Ontario, Canada
 (Sandwich) (Walkerville) - Norton Palmer Hotel, Windsor, Ont.)
Norton Palmer Hotel, Windsor, Ont.
Postcard
Windsor, Essex, Ontario, Canada
 (Sandwich) (Walkerville) - Walker Airport, Near Windsor, Ont., Canada.)
Walker Airport, Near Windsor, Ont., Canada.
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1767 - Parish of Our Lady of the Assumption established in Windsor
www.gcatholic.org
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1855 - The Great Western Railway links Windsor with Hamilton and Toronto.
en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/ Timeline_of_Ontario_history
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1865 - Church of St. Alphonsus established at Windsor
www.gcatholic.org
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1869 - Windsor
Windsor. - The largest and most important Town in the County of Essex, is pleasantly situated on the Detroit River, in the Township of Sandwich,... Read MORE...
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1873
WINDSOR, an incorporated town and port of entry of Ontario, co. of Essex, on the Detroit river, opposite Detroit, and at the W. terminus of the G. W. ... Read MORE...
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1906
Windsor, a city and port of entry of Essex co., Ontario, on the Detroit River, opposite Detroit, and on the Grand Trunk, the Canadian Pacific and... Read MORE...
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1916 - Church of the Holy Trinity established at Windsor
www.gcatholic.org
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1925 - Chrysler of Canada is founded in Windsor, Ontario and the Plymouth Q-Four is the first Plymouth automobile manufactured in Canada.
www.canadiancar.technomuses.ca/ eng/ frise_chronologique-timeline/ 1920/
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1928 - Church of St. Anthony of Padua and Church of St. Theresa both established at Windsor
www.gcatholic.org
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1929 - Church of the Most Precious Blood established at Windsor
www.gcatholic.org
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1937 - Church of the Blessed Sacrament established at Windsor
www.gcatholic.org
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1949 - Church of St. Michael established at Windsor
www.gcatholic.org
1960 - BLAST TOPPLES WALL OF STORE; SIX ARE KILLED.
Windsor, Ont. - AP - Six persons were reported killed and at least 50 injured in an explosion that collapsed a department store in downtown Windsor... Read MORE...
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Windsor
Windsor, Ont, incorporated as a city in 1892, population 210 891 (2011c), 216 473 (2006c). The City of Windsor is Canada's southernmost city and is... Read MORE...
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