Essex County
Essex County, Ontario is the southernmost region of Canada with one of the longest growing seasons in the nation, unique outdoor activities and fascinating historic sites. The Lake Erie shore and Pelee Island viticulture areas offer 14 wineries as of 2023.| Tap on the map to travel |
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Popular Destinations
Windsor
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Windsor is a mid-sized Canadian city on the southwest tip of Ontario.
Point Pelee National Park
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Point Pelee National Park is a national park at Canada's southernmost mainland point, in Essex County, Ontario.
Essex
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Essex is a town with a population of 21,216 in Essex County in southwestern Ontario, Canada, whose municipal borders extend to Lake Erie.
Destinations
Leamington
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Leamington is a municipality of about 30,000 people in Essex County, Ontario, and the southern-most city in Canada.
Amherstburg
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Amherstburg is a town of about 24,000 people near the mouth of the Detroit River in Essex County.
Pelee Island
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Pelee Island is a 42-km² island in Lake Erie and the southernmost populated point in Canada.
Kingsville
Kingsville is a town of about 22,000 people in Essex County, on the north shore of Lake Erie.
Essex County
- Type: county of Ontario with 399,000 residents
- Description: county in Ontario, Canada
- Neighbors: Chatham-Kent and Wayne County
- Categories: upper-tier municipality and census division of Canada
- Location: Southwestern Ontario, Ontario, Canada, North America
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Latitude of centre
42.1668° or 42° 10' 0" northLongitude of centre
-82.8331° or 82° 49' 59" westPopulation
399,000Elevation
196 metres (643 feet)GeoNames ID
5949533Wikidata ID
Q953088Essex County Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Albanian: Kontea Essex
- Arabic: إسكس
- Cebuano: Essex County
- Chinese: 艾塞克斯縣
- Danish: Essex County
- Dutch: Essex County
- English: Comté d'Essex
- English: County of Essex
- English: Essex
- English: Essex County, ON
- English: Essex County, Ontario
- French: Comté d'Essex
- French: comté d'Essex
- German: Essex County
- Greek: κομητεία Έσσεξ
- Hebrew: מחוז אסקס
- Hungarian: Essex megye
- Irish: Contae Essex
- Italian: Contea di Essex
- Japanese: エセックス郡
- Persian: شهرستان اسکس، انتاریو
- Polish: Hrabstwo Essex
- Portuguese: Condado de Essex
- Russian: Эссекс
- Slovenian: Essex County
- South Azerbaijani: زسکس بؤلگهسی، اونتاریو
- Spanish: Condado de Essex
- Spanish: Condado de Essex, Ontario
- Swedish: Essex County, Ontario
- Swedish: Essex County
- Turkish: Essex County
- Ukrainian: Ессекс (Онтаріо)
- Ukrainian: Ессекс (графство, Онтаріо)
- Ukrainian: Ессекс графство (Онтаріо)
- Western Panjabi: ایسکس کاؤنٹی،اونٹاریو
- Ессекс
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