Drinking Fountain - Windsor, Ontario
N 42° 18.851 W 083° 03.745
17T E 330034 N 4686720
Located in the Odette Sculpture Park along the Detroit River in Windsor.
Waymark Code: WMEH2E
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 05/30/2012
Views: 5
Front of fountain:
Gift from Lubin, Poland
to Windsor, Canada
A.D. 2008
Twin Cities
Since A.D. 2000
Dar miasta Lublin, Polska
Dla miasta Windsor, Kanada
A.D. 2008
Miasta Partnerskie
od A.D. 2000
This fountain was a gift from Lublin, Poland, the ninth largest city in Poland, and the second largest city of Lesser Poland. It is the capital of Lublin Voivodeship (province) with a population of 350,392 (June 2009). Lublin is also the largest Polish city east of the Vistula River. Lublin was a candidate for the title of European Capital of Culture in 2016. Lublin is situated around 170 km (105 miles) away from the capital, Warsaw. From: (
visit link) to Windsor, Canada, 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 the Essex, Ontario Census division, although administratively separated from the county government. Separated by the Detroit River, Windsor is located south of Detroit, Michigan in the United States. Windsor is known as The City of Roses and residents are known as Windsorites. From: (
visit link) on the occasion of Polish Week in Windsor, celebrating 100 years of the Polish Community in Windsor.
"One of the highlights of Polish Week will be the unveiling of a bronze fountain in Odette Sculpture Park. It's a gift from Lublin, Poland, Windsor's twin city. The mayor of Lublin and other Polish dignitaries including Marek Cisielczuk, the Consular General of Poland, will formally present the drinking fountain to Mayor Eddie Francis on Friday Nov. 14 at 2:30 p.m. in the park near the sculpture of the family of elephants." from an article in the windsor star November 8, 2008 (
visit link)