Amherstburg
Sign in to savethumb|right|Dalhousie St. between Murray and Richmond Sts. thumb|Main Street, Amherstburg, 1865. Amherstburg 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.
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- Amherstburg
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- CAN ON Essex#Canada Southern Ontario
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- Canada
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- Ontario
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- Essex
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thumb|right|Dalhousie St. between Murray and Richmond Sts. thumb|Main Street, Amherstburg, 1865. Amherstburg 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 town is approximately south of the U.S. city of Detroit, Michigan, facing Wyandotte, Grosse Ile Township, Brownstown Charter Township, Trenton, and Gibraltar, Michigan. It is part of the Windsor census metropolitan area.