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Old Posted Sep 19, 2011, 4:52 AM
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Walkerville is a former company town that was built entirely around the Hiram Walker distillery. It's one of the best examples of an old company town in Canada (it was annexed by Windsor in 1935).

Sandwich is the oldest settlement in Ontario and has buildings over 200 years old, including the oldest home in southwestern Ontario. It was also annexed by Windsor in 1935.

London and Kitchener grew outward from one central core like most cities do. Windsor however grew has a collection of small towns that all merged together in the early 1900s...but each of the former towns (including Ford City and Riverside) have held on to their old downtown cores to this day.
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