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I recently came across this ad from 1932. The business is still in the same spot, and got me thinking… Are there any other business beside Hiram Walker & Sons, Chrysler & Cunningham, that are still around from the days of Walkerville? There must be a dwindling list of businesses that once called Walkerville home….
Please chime in there there’s any other businesses you can think of that once had an address in the town of Walkerville and are still around today…
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Also... is it just me or does the "Ouellette" location on the Windsor Star website link bear a strong resemblance to its present day Ottawa street store as it might have looked in the '30s?
According to International Metropolis, Feb,15,2012, "Devonshire Road - c.1912", the bank at Assumption and Devonshire has been there since 1906 always as a bank. Like most Canadian banks, it has gone through several name changes, but it is still a bank, over 100 years old.
Looks like Cunningham's is moving to Oldcastle as reported by The Star March 23 2015