Surrounding Areas

USA

Detroit, Michigan

Detroit is the largest and most populous city in the U.S. state of Michigan, the largest city on the United States–Canada border, and is directly across from Windsor connected through the Windsor/Detroit Tunnel and the Ambassador Bridge, the busiest international crossing in North America. Detroit is best known as the center of the U.S. automobile industry, and the “Big Three” auto manufacturers General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler are all headquartered in Metro Detroit..

The municipality of Detroit had a 2017 estimated population of 673,104, making it the 23rd-most populous city in the United States. The metropolitan area, known as Metro Detroit, is home to 4.3 million people, making it the second-largest in the Midwest after the Chicago metropolitan area. Regarded as a major cultural center, Detroit is known for its contributions to music and as a repository for art, architecture and design.

Detroit is a major port located on the Detroit River, one of the four major straits that connect the Great Lakes system to the Saint Lawrence Seaway. The Detroit Metropolitan Airport is among the most important hubs in the United States. The City of Detroit anchors the second-largest regional economy in the Midwest, behind Chicago and ahead of Minneapolis–Saint Paul, and the 13th-largest in the United States.

Many Windsor/Essex County residents enjoy crossing over to Detroit to enjoy one of the City’s many professional sports teams such as the Detroit Tigers baseball team, Detroit Pistons basketball team, Detroit Red Wings hockey team and Detroit Lions football team.  Also many world class entertainment shows and concerts are held in Detroit.  Also, many excellent restaurants and shopping opportunities are abundant.

Beyond Detroit tourists enjoy other areas of Michigan such as the Upper Penninsula, the “thumb” both northern Michigan locations that outdoor enthusiasts enjoy for hunting, snowmobiling, canoeing/kayaking and more!

Canada

Chatham/Kent

Chatham-Kent (2016 population 101,647) is located just east of Windsor/Essex County and is mostly rural, its population centres are Chatham, Wallaceburg, Tilbury, Blenheim, Ridgetown, Wheatley and Dresden. The current Municipality of Chatham-Kent was created in 1998 by the merger of Kent County and its municipalities.

Chatham-Kent has many historic festivals throughout the year, such as the Battle of Longwoods reenactment, which takes place on Labour Day weekend at Fairfield Museum on Longwoods road. Chatham Kent is also home to many historic buildings which are part of an annual ghost tour offered each year at Halloween. The participants go on a guided walk of downtown while the guide informs them of various ghost stories tied to the local buildings in which they pass. Chatham-Kent was a major part of the Underground Railroad and as such hosts the Buxton Homecoming each September. This celebrates the areas black culture and the roots laid by early black settlers in the Buxton area.