Jackson Park (Windsor)
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Downtown
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Windsor
Windsor, Ontario
Windsor is the southernmost city in Canada and is located in Southwestern Ontario at the western end of the heavily populated Quebec City – Windsor Corridor. It is within Essex County, Ontario, although administratively separated from the county government. Separated by the Detroit River, Windsor...
, Ontario
Ontario
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, Canada
Canada
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. It contains many war memorials including a World War II
World War II
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, and a Korean War
Korean War
The Korean War was a conventional war between South Korea, supported by the United Nations, and North Korea, supported by the People's Republic of China , with military material aid from the Soviet Union...
memorial. Jackson Park contains more than 10,000 plants, many of which are located in its Sunken Gardens
Sunken Gardens
- United States :*Sunken Gardens , listed on the NRHP in Denver, Colorado* Sunken Gardens , in St. Petersburg, Florida*Nurses' Sunken Garden and Convalescent Park, in Indianapolis, Indiana, listed on the NRHP in Indiana...
. The park was named after former Windsor mayor Cecil E. Jackson
Cecil E. Jackson
Cecil. E. Jackson was the 17th mayor of the city of Windsor, Ontario, Canada who served from 1927 to 1930.-Jackson Park:In Windsor there is a park named Jackson Park which was named after Cecil. E. Jackson. The park is said to be the most beautiful in the city of Windsor, attracting many tourists...
. New features are being added to the park. The original World War II monument was Avro Lancaster
Avro Lancaster
The Avro Lancaster is a British four-engined Second World War heavy bomber made initially by Avro for the Royal Air Force . It first saw active service in 1942, and together with the Handley Page Halifax it was one of the main heavy bombers of the RAF, the RCAF, and squadrons from other...
bomber aircraft FM212; it was removed in 2005 due to the effect that over four decades of exposure to the elements was having on it, and replaced by more weather-resistant fiberglass models of a Hawker Hurricane
Hawker Hurricane
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and a Supermarine Spitfire
Supermarine Spitfire
The Supermarine Spitfire is a British single-seat fighter aircraft that was used by the Royal Air Force and many other Allied countries throughout the Second World War. The Spitfire continued to be used as a front line fighter and in secondary roles into the 1950s...
fighter. Beneath the two aircraft is a garden in the shape of the Lancaster bomber.