Growing up in Ottawa, almost as far east in Ontario as you could go, Windsor was a terra incognita to me, perched so far on the western edge of southern Ontario that it was almost American. I stayed here one night with Rick on a drive around the Lake Erie in 1996, I remember that we went to the Happy Tap. One photo of that visit resulted, which was of the Detroit skyline. Most of the photos in this gallery resulted from a quick walk around the city in August 2015, before Marcy dropped me at the airport to return to Toronto, and then from an even quicker visit with Yvon in 2018, after we visited Detroit.
Photo List (Total 164 Photos)
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Windsor viewed from Detroit (5 photos) - Here are a few photos of Windsor's skyline viewed from the American side, from 2018.
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Windsor City (87 photos) - This gallery resulted from a fairly brief walk around central Windsor with Marcy in August 2015, when she was driving me to the airport to fly home. We walked up Pitt Street, joined Pride festivities under way by the river, walked along the river front, and then deeper into downtown along Ouelette Street. I feel a bit badly for Windsor, because these aren't the greatest photos, the day turned murky and humid, and I don't think they represent the city well. The downtown had a bit of a despondent feel to it, dominated by the newer towers of the casino complex. I was intrigued by the small row of tall buildings along University from the 1920's and 1930's, you could see that Windsor was an up and coming town at that time. It is good that the buildings still stand, but they appear to be under-used.
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Windsor with Yvon (19 photos) - When Yvon and I visited Detroit in 2018, we dropped by Windsor and had a little walkaround the waterfront. Though these overlap a bit with other Windsor photos, I decided to include them here anyways.
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Kingsville (31 photos) - Marcy bought a cottage in Kingsville ("Canada's most southern town") which faces Lake Erie, and I have visited her there overnight a number of times. These photos are a selection of images from those visits.
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Point Pelee (22 photos) - I have visited Point Pelee National Park twice, once with Rick in 1996 and with Yvon in 2018. This gallery has photos from both those visits, and a few others from around the area in 2018 as well.
