Hiram Walker was an American entrepreneur and founder of the Hiram Walker and Sons Ltd. distillery in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. He was born in East Douglas, Massachusetts, and moved to Detroit in 1838
Hiram Walker, in a painting that hangs in Willistead Manor, Windsor, Ontario
Hiram Walker, from a picture located in the archives of Hiram Walker and Sons
Canadian Club whisky, originally made by Hiram Walker & Sons, today a property of Suntory Global Spirits
Distillery buildings in Walkerville (now part of Windsor, Ontario) c. 1910
Walkerville, Ontario is a former town in Canada that is today a heritage precinct and neighbourhood of Windsor, Ontario. It is not technically considered a Heritage Conservation District by Ontario la
Hiram Walker
…in 1838. He purchased land across the Detroit River, just east of what is Windsor, Ontario, and established a distillery in 1858 in what would become Walkerville, Ontario. He began selling his whisky as Hiram Walker's Club Whisky, in containers that were "clearly marked". He used a process to make his whisky that was…
The corner of Riverside and Walker Road where the distillery still operates.
Willistead Manor, built by E. Chandler Walker and now a city park.