Walkerville Ontario, Canada is an area of Windsor Ontario, Canada that was founded and developed by Hiram Walker, maker of Canadian Club Whisky. The town surrounding the distillery was started in 1856 and many original buildings and homes still exist as they grew around the first distillery of 1858. The town was incorporated in 1890, and was amalgamated with Windsor in 1935.
Hiram Walker championed a diversified economy and Walkerville saw the birth of many industries including the automotive industry. The Ford Motor Company of Canada opened its factory there in 1904, followed by the E-M-F Company whose plant was acquired by Studebaker in 1910[1]:p.70 and which became the assembly line for right-hand-drive vehicles exported to the UK and British Empire.[2]:p237 In 1929, the Financial Post reported that 500 of the town's families were supported by Studebaker, "only one of its activities being the manufacture of motor cars. During the world war, great quantities of war material was produced for the Canadian and Imperial governments. Today, [the plant] manufactures a line of 59 models of six- and eight-cylinder passenger motor cars, trucks, ambulances, and funeral coaches". [3]
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References
- ^ Longstreet, Stephen. A Century on Wheels: The Story of Studebaker. New York: Henry Holt and Company. pp. 121. 1st edn., 1952.
- ^ Hendry, Maurice M. Studebaker: One can do a lot of remembering in South Bend. New Albany: Automobile Quarterly. pp. 228–275. Vol X, 3rd Q, 1972.
- ^ Studebaker Corporation Financial Post Oct 1929
Gallery
 The corner of Riverside and Walker Road where the current distillery still operates. |
 Willistead Manor, built for Hiram Walker's family and now a city park. |
 Homes in Walkerville. |
 Hiram Walker distillery. |
See also
External links
- Who was Hiram Walker? at Walkervilletimes.com
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