Town of Amherstburg

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town

The Town of Amherstburg is a historic community in southwestern Ontario, Canada, known for its waterfront location on the Detroit River and its role in the War of 1812 and the Underground Railroad.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Amherstburg	3
Amherstburg, Ontario	2
Town of Amherstburg canonical	2
Amherstburg, Ontario (across the Detroit River)	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	town ⓘ
adjacentTo	Bois Blanc Island NERFINISHED ⓘ
contains	Amherstburg Freedom Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ Belle Vue House NERFINISHED ⓘ Belle Vue National Historic Site NERFINISHED ⓘ Boblo Island (Bois Blanc Island) NERFINISHED ⓘ Fort Malden NERFINISHED ⓘ Fort Malden National Historic Site NERFINISHED ⓘ King’s Navy Yard Park NERFINISHED ⓘ Nazrey African Methodist Episcopal Church NERFINISHED ⓘ Park House Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ
economyIncludes	agriculture ⓘ commuting to Windsor-Detroit urban area ⓘ tourism ⓘ
foundedAs	military and trading post ⓘ
governedBy	Amherstburg Town Council NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAreaCode	226 ⓘ 519 ⓘ 548 ⓘ
hasAttraction	Amherstburg Freedom Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ Belle Vue House NERFINISHED ⓘ Fort Malden National Historic Site NERFINISHED ⓘ King’s Navy Yard Park NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCulturalTheme	Black Canadian history ⓘ Underground Railroad history ⓘ War of 1812 heritage ⓘ
hasHeritage	Loyalist settlement history ⓘ Underground Railroad terminus ⓘ
hasHistoricSignificance	Underground Railroad NERFINISHED ⓘ War of 1812 NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPostalCodePrefix	N9V ⓘ
hasWaterfront	Detroit River waterfront NERFINISHED ⓘ
headOfGovernment	Mayor of Amherstburg ⓘ
locatedIn	Essex County NERFINISHED ⓘ Ontario ⓘ Southwestern Ontario NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedNear	Lake Erie NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn	Detroit River NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOpposite	City of Detroit NERFINISHED ⓘ State of Michigan NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedSouthOf	City of Windsor NERFINISHED ⓘ
observes	Eastern Time Zone ⓘ surface form: Eastern Daylight Time Eastern Standard Time NERFINISHED ⓘ
officialLanguage	English ⓘ
partOf	Great Lakes–St. Lawrence Lowlands region NERFINISHED ⓘ Windsor-Essex region NERFINISHED ⓘ
timeZone	Eastern Time Zone ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Essex County, Ontario → includesMunicipality → Town of Amherstburg ⓘ

Southwestern Ontario → hasCity → Town of Amherstburg ⓘ

this entity surface form: Amherstburg, Ontario

Grosse Ile → near → Town of Amherstburg ⓘ

this entity surface form: Amherstburg, Ontario

Essex County → contains → Town of Amherstburg ⓘ

Grosse Ile Township, Michigan → borderedBy → Town of Amherstburg ⓘ

this entity surface form: Amherstburg, Ontario (across the Detroit River)

Bois Blanc Island (Boblo Island) → nearbyTown → Town of Amherstburg ⓘ

this entity surface form: Amherstburg

Windsor → hasNeighbour → Town of Amherstburg ⓘ

this entity surface form: Amherstburg

Provincial Marine → notableBase → Town of Amherstburg ⓘ

this entity surface form: Amherstburg