Windsor resident pleased with recent visit to Amherstburg

One expired health card was all it took to rediscover what I will now call the most charming and inspiring area that Essex County has to offer.

My wife and I had left our home in Windsor at 10 a.m. Saturday morning on a trip to Amherstburg to renew my health card. As the Service Ontario’s in Windsor were either closed or we would wait in line forever at the one that was open, going to Amherstburg seemed the wise choice. 

As we arrived in Amherstburg and pulled into the Service Ontario parking lot, the first thing I noticed was all of the foot traffic in the area for that time of morning. Must be something going on I thought to myself. So, after renewing my health card (which took all of two minutes), we decided to take a short walk down to the waterfront. As we turned a corner and headed toward the river, we had noticed that the streets were blocked off to cars leaving the streets free to roam about. And as we travelled further on, we could not believe our eyes. This was most definitely not the Amherstburg that I knew from years ago.

We continued our stroll up and down the streets looking like every bit the lost tourists and took in all that we were surrounded by. The refurbished storefronts and restaurants, the historic architecture, perfectly restored houses from the 1800’s, even the street signs. Everything had given us a feeling that we were dropped down in the middle of a Hallmark movie. 

And if this wasn’t enough, the waterfront park we had enjoyed was most certainly paralleled by none other in the area. To say the least, after an hour or so we found ourselves not only charmed, but also enriched with the feeling of wanting to be here again.

Kudos to the town council and the very pleasant people of Amherstburg. See you soon.

—Lee Lavigne

Windsor

Windsor resident pleased with recent visit to Amherstburg