Ferry Hill
Above: View of Ouellette and Sandwich (Riverside), circa 1908, facing south from the deck of a Detroit–Belle Isle–Windsor Ferry Company steamer. Things to note: open air electric trolley, street life, sign promoting Corby’s Whisky to Detroiters, commercial activity along “Ferry Hill” enticing visitors from the United to States visiting “Canada” and banner announcing “Windsor Races Today.” Below (2016): A radically altered backdrop; not one building from the 1908 photo survived the wrecking ball. Images from Walkerville Publishing, authors of “A River Runs Between Us- The Unique Shared History of Detroit and Windsor”.
Published in the Summer 2026 Edition.
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