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Historical plaques in Essex

49 plaques recorded in Essex, each with the wording on the marker and the place it stands.

'Bellevue' 1816

"Bellevue" 1816 · Photo by Alan L Brown - Posted September, 2004

"Bellevue" 1816 Amherstburg Navy Yard Belle Vue Bois Blanc Island Blockhouses Capture of the "Anne" 1838 Christ Church 1819 Colonel Arthur Rankin 1816-1893 Colonel Matthew Elliott 1739-1814 District Court House and Gaol Father Pierre Potier 1708-1781 Fighting Island 1838 First Baptist Church, Puce Fort Amherstburg (Fort Malden)French Settlement on the South Shore Hiram Walker, 1816-1899 Hull's Landing 1812 Jack Miner 1865-1944 James Baby 1763-1833 Jesuit Mission to the Hurons Lieutenant-Colonel William Caldwell Major John Richardson (1796-1852)Mary and Henry Bibb Puce River Black Community Skirmishes at the Canard River St. John's Church The "Philo Parsons" Incident The Battle of Pelee Island 1838 The Battle of Windsor 1838 The Capture of Detroit The Catholic Colored Mission of Windsor 1887-1893 The Development of Pelee Island The Founding of Belle River The Founding of Leamington The Founding of Stoney Point The Founding of Tecumseh The Francois Baby House The Great Sauk Trail The Great Western Railway The Honourable Alexander Grant 1734-1813 The Nazrey African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church The Sandwich First Baptist Church The Sandwich First Baptist Church 1851 The Siege of Detroit 1763 The Underground Railroad in Canada The University of Windsor The Windsor Ford Strike of 1945 The Wyandot Unitarian Universalist Church of Olinda William Dummer Powell 1755-1834

Where Essex keeps its own record

The council, library and historical-society pages the directory listed for Essex, carried over as they were.

Website Library Amherstburg Kingsville Lakeshore La Salle Leamington Pelee Kingsville Lakeshore Pelee Windsor

Recorded but not yet photographed

Bois Blanc Island Fortifications — The County of Essex - Amherstburg
Sandwich First Baptist Church 1851 — The County of Essex - Windsor On the west side of Peter Street just north of Prince Street