"Jane's Walks" returning to Amherstburg
- RTT Staff
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The Jane’s Walk Festival is returning to Amherstburg later this month.
While free walking tours and seminars will be presented throughout the region over the next few weeks, a number of stops will be in Amherstburg the weekend of April 23-26.
Amherstburg events are scheduled for April 23 and April 25.
“Bois Blanc Island – From The Rebellions of 1837 to Boblo and Today” is already full, with that tour being April 23. That Thursday evening event is hosted by Cindy Prince of Amico and registered participants will be transported to the island by ferry and the tour will visit building constructed for the amusement park, including the dance hall built in 1913. The Jane’s Walk website states the lighthouse and blockhouse on the south end of the island will be included on the tour.
The “county weekend” will feature tours in Point Pelee, Leamington, Kingsville, and Harrow Friday, April 24 but Amherstburg returns to the tour April 25, joining tours in Woodslee, Colchester, Maidstone and Tecumseh.
“After the Army” will be a guided walking tour April 25 from 10:30-11:30 a.m. Hosted by Lynda Leopold, people can explore what happened when the British military was no longer needed at Fort Malden. The 1.5km tour will start and end outside the Park House Museum.
“The Art of the Station” will be that Saturday from 11:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m. at the Gibson Gallery. Hosted by Dave Cozens, Tracy Atkinson and Lisa Bassett, the tour will be of the former Michigan Central Railway station which was transformed into an art gallery over 50 years ago. People will be able to enjoy the current exhibit, shop in the gift shop and look through the railway museum.
“On the Move: A History of Transportation in Amherstburg” will be led by Meg Reiner from the Marsh Historical Collection from 1-2 p.m. The tour, which starts and ends in Art Alley behind River Bookshop, the tour will visit sites where livery stables once stood, passengers sat in waiting rooms, or prepared for boarding on a dock. The tour will include discussions on captains, conductors, and drivers who helped people to their destinations. The walk is approximately 1.5km.
“It Happened in Amherstburg: Black History in Amherstburg” goes from 2:15-3:15 p.m. at the Amherstburg Freedom Museum. It will be hosted by curator Mary-Katherine Whelan and assistant curator Irene Moore Davis. A 1.5km walk will be part of the presentation, with local Black history being told about Freedom Seekers who came to this area.
“Beyond the River: The Underground Railroad & Black Community in Amherstburg” will run from 3:30-4:30 p.m. with the Amherstburg Freedom Museum also hosting that. Whelan and Moore Davis will take people a roughly 1.5km walk and explore Black settlement and activity in Amherstburg.
“A Story in Four Objects” will be at the Park House Museum from 2:15-3:15 p.m. with it being a tour of the building. It is one of the oldest houses in the Windsor-Essex County region and has a history as a home to the Park family and a small fur trading post, the latter being when it was in River Rouge, Michigan before coming to Amherstburg via boat.
“Layers of Amherstburg: Unearthing our Past and Preserving our Legacy” will be hosted at Royal Canadian Legion Fort Malden Br. 157 from 3:30-4:30 p.m. It will be hosted by Shawn Wilkie and Selena Cooper and feature talks on archeological discoveries from a local collection and revealing artifacts to tell a story of people who formerly lived in the area. The second presentation tracing the history of the Amherstburg Legion. It will be a seated session.
The walks and seated sessions are free and people can get more information or register at www.windsorjaneswalk.ca.
By RTT Staff
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