Anderdon Township, Ontario
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| Coordinates: 42°06′N 83°05′W / 42.100°N 83.083°WCoordinates: 42°06′N 83°05′W / 42.100°N 83.083°W | ||
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 Ontario
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| County | Essex | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Aldo DiCarlo | |
| • MP | Tracey Ramsey (NDP) | |
| • MPP | Taras Natyshak (NDP) | |
| Area | ||
| • Land | 185.61 km2 (71.66 sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 13.51 km2 (5.22 sq mi) | |
| Population (2016) | ||
| • Town (lower-tier) | 21,936 | |
| • Density | 118.2/km2 (306/sq mi) | |
| • Urban | 13,910 | |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC-5) | |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC-4) | |
| Forward sortation area | N9V | |
| Area code(s) | 519 and 226 | |
| Website | www.amherstburg.ca | |
Amherstburg (2016 population 21,936; UA population 13,910) is a town near the mouth of the Detroit River in Essex County, Ontario, Canada. In 1796, Fort Malden was established here, stimulating growth in the settlement. The fort has been designated as a National Historic Site.
The city is approximately 25 kilometres (16 mi) south of the U.S. city of Detroit, Michigan, facing Wyandotte, Grosse Ile Township, Brownstown Charter Township, and Gibraltar, Michigan. It is part of the Windsor census metropolitan area.
Across the Detroit River from what developed as the state of Michigan in the United States, the town was permanently established in 1796 as a British military fort overlooking the river's mouth at Lake Erie. Fort Malden was occupied as a garrison. The town was developed by Loyalists who were granted land by the Crown in Upper Canada in compensation for losses in the Thirteen Colonies, or as payment for service in the military, after the British lost the American Revolutionary War. This enabled the Crown to increase population in Upper Canada and develop it. The new settlers built many of their houses in the French style of a century before, giving the new town a historic character. French-speaking colonists also settled here, some who were descendants of the Petite Côte settlement along the river to the north. St. Jean was their Catholic church.
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