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  History of Windsor, Essex, Ontario, Canada

Journey back in time to Windsor, Essex, Ontario, Canada

(Assumption) (Sandwich) (Walkerville)

Visit Windsor, Essex, Ontario, Canada. Discover its history. Learn about the people who lived there through stories, old newspaper articles, pictures, postcards and genealogy.

     

• 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
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• 1855 - The Great Western Railway links Windsor with Hamilton and Toronto.
  
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• 1865 - Church of St. Alphonsus established at Windsor
  
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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...
  
  
  
• 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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  Michigan Central Tunnel, Windsor, Ont., Canada
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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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  Norton Palmer Hotel, Windsor, Ont.
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• 1916 - Church of the Holy Trinity established at Windsor
  
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  Walker Airport, Near Windsor, Ont., Canada.
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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.
  
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• 1928 - Church of St. Anthony of Padua and Church of St. Theresa both established at Windsor
  
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• 1929 - Church of the Most Precious Blood established at Windsor
  
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• 1937 - Church of the Blessed Sacrament established at Windsor
  
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• 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...