Pin Quest Ontario

Essex County

A rectangular lapin pin featuring a geometric design representing the sun rising over a river and a field beside the words County o fEssex.

A round lapel pin with a handheld plow resting in front of fields of yellow crops with a hill looming over the background. A white border has the words The Corporation of the County of Essex Sunparlor of Canada.

When Essex County was being settled, farmers has such a hard time clearing forests that they set the trees on fire. The blaze could be seen from Fort Chicago 500 km away!

Rectangle - Donated by the municipality

Circle- Donated by Joe Tiernay

Amherstburg, Town of

A lapel pin with a Canadian flag at the top, a loyalist flag and American flag to the left, a loyalist flag and a white flag with a flower. Between the flags is an explorer standing beside a lighthouse and above a cannon and a steamship. At the bottom is the word Amherstburg.

Amherstburg is home to Fort Malden: a Canadian Heritage Site which was an entry point to Canada on the Underground Railroad for former slaves crossing the Detroit River.

Donated by Joe Tiernay

Essex, Town of

A lapel pin with the word essex in lower case letters. A dot is above the letter x to make it look like a stick figure person.

The Town of Essex is in the County of Essex, and not to be confused with its central community Essex Centre.

In 1907, a train containing nitroglycerin exploded at the station causing a shockwave that could be felt across the river in Michigan!

Donated by the municipality

Kingsville, Town of

A round lapel pin with a wide white border with the name “Kingsville” and three blue flying geese on the left and right side. At the centre of the pin is a yellow lighthouse in front of a red maple leaf with a blue background. At the bottom of the pin, a box extends beyond the border and is separated from the circular shape with a wavy water line. In the box is the phrase “Port of Appeal”.

Located along Ontario’s bird migration corridor, Kingsville is home to the Jack Miner Bird Sanctuary. Nicknamed “Wild Goose Jack” or “the father of North American conservation”, Miner turned his family homestead into a bird sanctuary.

Donated by Spencer Sandor

Lakeshore, Town of

A lapel pin with a rectangular shape except the top of the rectangle has been replaced with a wave, high on the left side and low on the right. Above the right side of the wave is a yellow sun behind the silhouette of a sailboat. Inside the wave is the word Lakeshore with the silhouette of a seagull above.

The Lakeshore region became one of the end points to the underground railroad. The Refugee Home Society purchased lots around the area to resettle black refugees in the Puce and Belle River communities of Lakeshore.

Donated by the municipality

Lakeshore - Canada 150

A lapel pin created for the sesquicentennial (150 year) anniversary of Canada's confederation.

Donated by the municipality

Lasalle, Town of

A lapel pin with the words La Salle to the left of the pin. The letter L turns into a waving line that becomes a wave of water. On top of the wave is a La Griffon, a sailing vessel.

The ship on the new pin is Le Griffon. Built by the town's namesake, a French explorer who sailed to find the Northwest Passage in 1679. The ship vanished and remains lost to this day.

Donated by the municipality

Lasalle, Town of

A lapel pin pin shaped as a quartered coat of arms. The upper left quarter features two hands shaking. The upper right hand features a flying goose. The lower left features a tractor driving through a field. The lower right features Le Griffon, a sailing ship. At the top are the words Lasalle Ontario and the date 1991.

A lapel pin for the Town of LaSalle prior to municiapal amalgamation in the 1990s.

Donated by the municipality

Leamington, Municipality of

An oval lapel pin with a coat of arms at the centre. The shield is too small and detailed to make out but has a dark blue, starred border and sits above two silver maple leaves. The flag of England, a red cross on a white background is at the top of the shield. A border around the pin reads Leamington Ontario and has three crosses on each side.

A golden metallic lapel pin with the image of a sun reflecting on the water above the word Leamington.

Leamington is home to Point Pelee National Park which is the southernmost point of mainland Canada.

Donated by the municipality

Pelee, Township of (Separated)

A lapel pin with a blue and green sailboat and the words The Corporation of the Township of Pelee.

A lapel pin with two bunches of purple grapes. Surrounding the grapes is a ring with the words Municipality of Pelee ONT Established A.D. 1868. A wreath of green maple leaves forms an outer border.

Situated on Pelee Island in Lake Erie, Pelee is the southernmost populated landmass in Canada. Further south is the uninhabited Middle Island which is Canada's southernmost land.

All donated by the municipality

Tecumseh, Town of

A lapel pin shaped like a maple leaf. Inside the maple leaf is the face of Chief Tecumseh. To his left is a bundle of foliage. To his right are two sailboats on a body of water. At the bottom of the pin is a banner with the name “Tecumseh”.

The Town of Tecumseh is named after the Shawnee chief who united a confederacy of Indigenous people to resist American settlers crossing the Appalachian Mountains in a conflict that would be known as Tecumseh’s War. This confederacy would join with the British Forces during the War of 1812, notably in the capture of Fort Detroit which is across the river from the modern town.

Donated by Spencer Sandor

Windsor, City of (Separated)

A lapel pin of a coat of arms. The shield is divided into three vertical stripes with a wavy stripe across the top. The top stripe has the word Windsor. The left and right stripes have a red rose. The centre stripe has a white rose below a fleur de lis. The shield is supported by two lions with starred collars. Atop the shield is a helmet with a stag on top. Below the shield is a banner with the motto The River and the Land Sustain Us.

A round lapel pin with a white border that reads “City of Windsor 1854” and features gold wheat sheaves. The centre of the pin is a red background with a white W around black gear. Below the W is a white maple leaf. Above the gear is a white flower.

Windsor is just across the Detroit River from Detroit.

The two communities make up North America's largest cross-border urban region and are connected by the Ambassador Bridge: the busiest crossing between Canada and the US.

Coat of Arms - Donated by the municipality

Round - Donated by Brandan Chowan

Former Municipalities

Anderdon, Township of

A lapel pin with a banner reading Anderdon Township over top of a half wreath of wheat. Inside the wreath a circle is divided into thirds. In the top left third is a factory. In the top right third are bales of wheat in a field. In the bottom third are three trees.

A lapel pin for the former Township of Anderdon which was amalgamated into the Town of Amherstberg in 1998.

Donated by Joe Tiernay

Belle River, Township of

A lapel pin shaped like a red maple leaf with a letter B formed by three stacked B shaped geometric figures in green, white and blue. At the bottom is a box with the words belle river.

A lapel pin for the former Township of Belle River which was amalgamated into the Town of Lakeshore.

Donated by Joe Tiernay

Miscellaneous Local Pins

Tourism Windsor Essex Pelee Island

A lapel pin for the tourism agency serving all of the municipalities in the Essex area.

Donated by Joe Tiernay

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