Windsor ON Ontario Canada
Frequently Asked Questions
At the foot of downtown, on the Detroit River. The wharf opens directly onto the riverfront trail, and everything is walkable on completely flat ground.
The riverfront trail, the sculpture park and Dieppe Gardens, on foot. In half a day, add Walkerville with its cafés and art gallery; a full day allows an excursion to Amherstburg and Fort Malden or to Point Pelee.
Eight kilometres of landscaped shoreline uninterrupted by a single street: on one side the Detroit River and the traffic of tugs, on the other a series of gardens and monuments including the steam locomotive Spirit of Windsor and the great Peace Fountain. A sculpture park dots the route with about thirty monumental works, free to visit.
Yes, and it is the finest view of its skyline anywhere: the towers rise across a river a kilometre wide. Walking west at sunset, as Detroit's towers light up, is the simplest pleasure of the call.
The neighbourhood built around the Canadian Club distillery, which Hiram Walker founded in 1858 before building a model village for his workers. Handsome houses, craft breweries and cafés in period buildings now make it the most popular district in the area.
The Detroit River became one of the busiest smuggling routes on the continent: it is estimated that most of the alcohol entering the United States illegally passed through the Windsor-Detroit corridor.
A waterfront park honouring the Essex Scottish Regiment, raised in the region and decimated in the 1942 Dieppe raid on the French coast. The site hosts Remembrance ceremonies and summer picnics alike.
Windsor-style pizza, topped with diced pepperoni and canned mushrooms, the object of almost solemn local devotion. Shawarma counters reflect one of the largest Lebanese communities in the country.
Yes. The vineyards of Essex County, half an hour's drive away, produce whites and icewines served in several downtown restaurants.
The Canadian dollar and English. Note that Detroit is in the United States and crossing the border requires proper travel documents — not something to improvise during a port call.
