1816 - 1899
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.| HM Number | HMOZO |
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| Year Placed | 1975 |
| Placed By | Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada |
| Marker Condition | No reports yet |
| Date Added | Tuesday, October 14th, 2014 at 3:02am PDT -07:00 |
| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 17T E 334238 N 4687932 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 42.32600000, -83.01178333 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 42° 19.56', W 83° 0.707' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 42° 19' 33.60" N, 83° 0' 42.42" W |
| Driving Directions | Google Maps |
| Area Code(s) | 608 |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near 1950 Riverside Dr E, Windsor ON 53704, CA |
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