Ad from the Border Cities Star – December 31, 1926.
This version of the Walker Farms were established around 1904, taking over from the earlier farm that was located at Walker & Tecumseh. As you may recall the manager’s house was demolished few years back.
This farm was located around today’s EC Row and Central area. Part of the farm was severed in 1920 to create the Walker Airport (today’s underused Windsor Airport). The dairy farm closed in 1946.
There is good history of the farm here at the Walkerville Times archives.
As pointed out in the Walkerville Times article, the only remain trace, can be found behind some industrial buildings on Deziel Drive.
A trace of the road that once connected some dairy buildings is still visible.
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That stretch of Jefferson is still there. In 2003 GM was storing cars on the grass along the road, and as a security guard, I had to drive from Rhodes to Country Rd 42 one time. It was kind of neat driving down that old, closed stretch of road.
I lived on the farms for about 10 years and I loved living there I made long lasting friendships there because all the families were very close.. We had a reunion for walker farms families in 2012 it was so wonderful to see every one again, old friends that we hadn't seen forever, Walker Farms was a small little community all in its self and no we did not sell apples or apple cider that was further done E.C. Row that was called Walker Orchard