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.Photo: Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Notable Places in the Area
Amherstburg Freedom Museum
Museum
Amherstburg Freedom Museum, previously known as 'the North American Black Historical Museum', is located in Amherstburg, Ontario, Canada.
Fort malden
Historic site
Fort Malden, formally known as Fort Amherstburg, is a defence fortification located in Amherstburg, Ontario.
Amherstburg Royal Naval Dockyard
Historic site
Amherstburg Royal Naval Dockyard was a Provincial Marine and then a Royal Navy yard from 1796 to 1813 in Amherstburg, Ontario, situated on the Detroit River.
Localities in the Area
Grosse Ile Township
Suburb
Photo: TimK MSI, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Grosse Ile Township is a civil township of Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. Grosse Ile Township is situated 5 km northwest of Amherstburg.
Gibraltar
Suburb
Gibraltar is a city in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. Gibraltar is situated 7 km west of Amherstburg.
Amherstburg
- Type: Town with 13,900 residents
- Description: town in Essex County, Ontario, Canada
- Categories: lower-tier municipality and locality
- Location: Essex County, Southwestern Ontario, Ontario, Canada, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.1013° or 42° 6' 5" northLongitude
-83.1086° or 83° 6' 31" westPopulation
13,900Elevation
181 metres (594 feet)United Nations Location Code
CA AMHOpen Location Code
86JR4V2R+GGOpenStreetMap ID
node 1315256917OpenStreetMap Feature
place=townGeoNames ID
5884472Wikidata ID
Q385335Amherstburg Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Arabic: أمهيرستبارج
- Arabic: أمهيرستبارج، أونتاريو
- Asturian: Amherstburg
- Atikamekw: Amherstburg
- Catalan: Amherstburg
- Cebuano: Amherstburg
- Chinese: 阿默斯特堡
- Dutch: Amherstburg
- Egyptian Arabic: امهيرستبارج
- English (Historic): Fort Amherstburg
- English (Historic): Fort Malden
- English: Amherstburg, ON
- English: Amherstburg, Ontario
- English: Amhertsburg
- French: Amherstburg
- German: Amherstburg
- Italian: Amherstburg
- Japanese: アマーストバーグ (オンタリオ州)
- Persian: امهرستبرگ
- Polish: Amherstburg
- Serbian: Амерстбург
- Serbo-Croatian: Amherstburg
- Slovenian: Amherstburg
- South Azerbaijani: آمهرزتبورق
- Spanish: Amherstburg
- Spanish: Amherstburg (Ontario)
- Swedish: Amherstburg
- Turkish: Amherstburg
Localities in the Area
- Glen EdenLocality, 4½ km south
- Amherst PointeLocality, 5 km south
- Edgewater BeachLocality, 5 km north
- Bar PointLocality, 5 km south
- Sunset BeachLocality, 6 km south
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page Amherstburg. Photo: Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0.