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Windsor (Ontario) - MSN Encarta (920 words) |
 | Windsor is the southernmost city in Canada and lies at the western end of the heavily populated Quebec City-Windsor Corridor. |
 | Windsor is the southernmost city in Canada and serves as a gateway to the United States and as a center of the automobile industry. |
 | The 2001 population of Windsor’s CMA was 320,800. |
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Windsor, Ontario - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (2900 words) |
 | Windsor was established as a village in 1854 (the same year the village was connected to the rest of Canada, by the Grand Trunk Railway/CN Rail), then a town in 1858, and ultimately gained city status in 1892. |
 | Windsor is the western terminus of both Ontario Highway 401, Canada's busiest highway, and of VIA Rail's Quebec City-Windsor Corridor. |
 | Windsor's Department of Parks and Recreation maintains 3,000 acres of green space, 180 parks, 40 miles (64 km) of trails, 22 miles (35 km) of sidewalk, 60 parking lots, vacant lands, natural areas and forest cover within the City of Windsor, as well as the bike trails, bike lanes, and bike-friendly streets. |