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Wednesday, May 3, 2023
“Jane’s Walks” highlight history of Amherstburg
The first weekend of the Jane’s Walk Festival was last weekend with four walks in and around the downtown core of Amherstburg with another at St. Clement’s Church. Tammy Dewhirst from the Architectural Conservancy of Ontario speaks in front of the “Echo Building” at 238 Dalhousie St. (above) while Meg Reiner speaks in front of the building at 79 Murray St. (right). The first weekend of the Jane’s Walk Festival featured stops around Essex County. It continues this weekend with walks in WIndsor and Tecumseh.
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By Ron Giofu A festival that highlights the heritage of the region made several stops in Amherstburg over the weekend.
The Jane’s Walk Festival, named for the late urbanist Jane Jacobs, was around Essex County last weekend with four heritage walks around Amherstburg and one in McGregor. Local walks took about one hour each, the first
being “Boats in the ‘Burg: A River Town History” Saturday morning. That included a walk along the King’s Navy Yard Park and along Dalhousie St. detailing Amherstburg’s history as a river town. It was led by Meg Reiner and Kara Folkeringa from the Marsh Historical Collection. “Look Again! Outside: Amherstburg” detailed the five artwork reproductions in the downtown core from Art Windsor-Essex (AWE) that was sponsored in conjunction with River Bookshop, with that walk being led by host Sophie Hinch. The third walk was “Structures with Stories: Built Heritage in Downtown Amherstburg” Saturday afternoon with Reiner detailing the history of buildings along Ramsay St., Bathurst St. Murray St. and Gore St. “Heritage at Risk – The Importance of Designation, HCD’s and Advocacy” was done by the Architectural Conservancy of Ontario’s Tammy Dewhirst and talked about the opposition to the province’s Bill 23. HCD stands for heritage conservation district. A tour of St. Clement’s Church in McGregor took place Saturday afternoon where people were permitted to tour the 143-year-old Catholic parish. “This is our first year with an entire weekend dedicated to Essex County,” said festival organizer Sarah Morris. Based on the feedback from last year’s Jane’s Walk Festival, Morris said there was a desire by those who were at the 2022 event to have more walks in Amherstburg. “They loved the Amherstburg walks last year and they wanted more,” said Morris. Calls were put out to various communities and had people step up to do the walks as ways to highlight places they live, Morris stated. Morris stated people want to celebrate their communities. Morris said she was impressed with the numbers of people who attended the walks, believing it shows there are a lot of people who enjoy having the places where the live focused on. She added a lot of people book flights to other locations to go on walking tours but that can happen right where they live.
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