A early resident of Sandwich, Alexander Chewett is remembered today by the short little street bearing his name today in Sandwich.
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It may be a coincidence but Alexander Ave. is also nearby, running between Rosedale and Detroit streets. Could it also be named after Alexander Chewett?
A passing reference to lands owned by Alexander Chewett can be found online in a court case titled Regina Vs Baby from 1854. Chewett’s propery abutted the Indian Lands which were subject of the case. They would be between the river and the road to Windsor and approaching the area now held by the Ambassador Bridge.. Nearby today is the William J. McKee House (3020 Sandwich St.) which wasn’t built until 1907. McKee was a lumber merchant and investor in the horsedrawn streetcar line between Sandwich and Windsor.
The intersection of Sandwich and Chewett made it into a book of Canadian oddities.