Editing Windsor, Ontario (section)

===20th century===
[[Sandwich, Ontario|Sandwich]], [[Ford City, Ontario|Ford City]] and [[Walkerville, Ontario|Walkerville]] were separate legal entities (towns) until 1935. They are now historic [[Neighbourhoods of Windsor, Ontario|neighbourhoods of Windsor]]. Ford City was incorporated as a village in 1912; it became a town in 1915 and a city in 1929. Walkerville was incorporated as a town in 1890. Sandwich was established in 1817 as a town with no municipal status. It was incorporated as a town in 1858 (the same year as neighbouring Windsor).

Windsor annexed these three towns in 1935. The nearby villages of [[Neighbourhoods of Windsor, Ontario#Ojibway|Ojibway]] and [[Neighbourhoods of Windsor, Ontario#Riverside|Riverside]] were incorporated in 1913 and 1921, respectively. Both were annexed by Windsor in 1966.<ref>{{Cite web |title=History of Windsor |url=https://citywindsor.ca/residents/historyofwindsor/Pages/default.aspx |access-date=July 24, 2018 |website=Citywindsor.ca |publisher=City of Windsor |df=mdy-all |archive-date=July 25, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180725003037/https://citywindsor.ca/residents/historyofwindsor/Pages/default.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref> During the 1920s, alcohol prohibition was enforced in Michigan while alcohol was legal in Ontario. [[Rum-running in Windsor]] was a common practice then.

On October 25, 1960, a massive gas explosion destroyed the building housing the [[Metropolitan Stores|Metropolitan Store]] on Ouellette Avenue. Ten people were killed, and at least one hundred were injured.<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 22, 2007 |title=1960 Explosion Remembered |url=http://www.windsorfire.com/1960-explosion-remembered/ |access-date=2017-12-02 |publisher=Windsor Fire and Rescue Services |archive-date=December 3, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171203153856/http://www.windsorfire.com/1960-explosion-remembered/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The ''[[Windsor Star]]'' commemorated the 45th anniversary of the event on October 25, 2005.