Hiram Walker Marker

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Windsor in Essex County, Ontario — Central Canada

Hiram Walker
1816 - 1899

Hiram Walker Marker Photo, Click for full size

By Dale K. Benington, August 9, 2010

1. Hiram Walker Marker

Inscription. Massachusetts born, Hiram Walker had by the 1850s become a successful general merchant, distiller and grain dealer in Detroit. After Michigan adopted prohibition in 1855 he acquired land across the river in Canada where he established a distillery and mill which became the nucleus of the company town of Walkerville. Soon the Walker enterprises had expanded to include cattle finishing (using distillery wastes), a river ferry, and a railway to transport the company's products. Although Walker himself lived in Canada only from 1859 to 1864, he played an important role in the economic development of western Ontario.

Erected 1975 by Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada.

Location. 42° 19.56′ N, 83° 0.707′ W. Marker is in Windsor, Ontario, in Essex County. Marker is on Riverside Drive East west of Walker Road, on the left when traveling east. Click for map. Marker is in this post office area: Windsor, Ontario N8Y 4S5, Canada.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 kilometers of this marker, as the crow flies. Hull's Landing 1812 (within shouting distance of this marker); Chapman Abraham / Jewish Soldiers in the Civil War (approx. 1.3 kilometers away in the U.S.); The Black Presence in Detroit (approx. 1.3 kilometers away in the U.S.); Glimpses of Detroit's Riverfront History (approx. 1.4 kilometers away in the U.S.); Peter Wetherill Stroh (approx. 1.6 kilometers away in the U.S.); The Battle of Bloody Run (approx. 1.8 kilometers away in the U.S.); Grand Army of the Republic (approx. 1.9 kilometers away in the U.S.); Ransom Eli Olds (approx. 1.9 kilometers away in the U.S.).

By Dale K. Benington, August 9, 2010

2. Hiram Walker Marker

View of historical marker in front of the Wiser's, Canadian Whisky Canadien, business complex.

By Dale K. Benington, August 9, 2010

3. Hiram Walker Marker

View looking northeast of historical marker in front of the Wiser's, Canadian Whisky Canadien, business complex.

By Dale K. Benington, August 9, 2010

4. Hiram Walker Marker

View of historical marker looking northwest.

Credits. This page originally submitted on October 30, 2010, by Dale K. Benington of Toledo, Ohio. This page has been viewed 470 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on October 30, 2010, by Dale K. Benington of Toledo, Ohio.