This selection of historical Essex County newspapers is intended to complement the collection found on Our Ontario Community Newspapers. These are mainly newspapers for which only a small number of issues remain.
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Amherstburg Courier
James Augustus Reeves
Title Variation
Amherstburg Courier and Western District AdvertiserPublication Dates
1849: March 10th - 1854?Frequency
WeeklyOnline Holdings
1849: Mar. 10 4p.; 1849: Mar. 17 4p.; 1849: Mar. 24 4p.; 1849: Apr. 7 4p. Pages 3 and 4 are damaged; 1849: Apr. 14 4p.; 1849: Apr. 21 4p.; 1849: Apr. 28 4p.; 1849: May 5 4p.; 1849: May 19 4p.; 1849: May 26 4p.; 1849: June 2 4p.; 1849: June 9 4p.; 1849: June 16 4p.; 1849: June 23 4p.; 1849: June 30 4p.; 1849: July 7 4p.; 1849: July 14 4p.; 1849: July 21 4p.; 1849: Aug. 11 4p.; 1849: Aug. 18 4p.; 1849: Aug. 25 4p.; 1849: Sept. 1 4p.; 1849: Sept. 8 4p.; 1849: Sept. 15 4p.; 1849: Sept. 22 4p.; 1849: Sept. 29 4p.; 1849: Oct. 7 4p.; 1849: Oct. 13 4p.; 1849: Oct. 20 4p.; 1849: Oct. 27 4p.; 1849: Nov. 3 4p.; 1849: Nov. 10 4p.; 1849: Nov. 17 4p.; 1849: Nov. 24 4p.; 1849: Dec. 1 4p. Pages 3 and 4 are very poor quality; 1849: Dec. 8 4p.; 1849: Dec. 15 4p.; 1850: Jan. 5 4p.; 1850: Jan. 12 4p.; 1850: Jan. 19 4p.; 1850: Jan. 26 4p.; 1850: Feb. 2 4p.; 1850: Feb. 9 4p. Pages 1 and 2 are damaged; 1850: Aug. 31 4p -
Beaver (Windsor)
Joseph A. Kilroy
Publication Dates
1886 – 188?
Frequency
Weekly
Online Holdings
1886: Dec. 18 (Vol. 1: no. 6) 4p.
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Border Cities Era (Windsor)
Charles Linley Barker
Additional Title
Collegiate Era (Windsor)
Publication Dates
1918-192?
Frequency
Weekly
Online Holdings Notes
The [Windsor] Collegiate Era is a newspaper within the newspaper: Border Cities Era.
When the issues were bound, the front and back covers (and the front and back inside covers) were removed, even though they were part of the page numbering. For the most part, pages 1-2 and the last 2 pages (usually pages 15-16 or pages 11-12) are missing. It is likely that less content is missing than would appear at first glance.
Summarized Online Holdings:
Border Cities Era 1918: Aug. 24 - 1919: Aug. 14
Collegiate Era Vol. 1: no. 1 (1918: Nov. 30) - Vol. 1: no. 29 (1919: June 24)
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British Canadian (Sandwich)
William Henry Wilson
Publication Dates
1856: Oct. 22? (Vol. 1: no. 1) – 1857: Oct. 14? (vol. 1: no. 52)
FrequencyWeekly
Subsequent Title
The Western Mercury (Sandwich) may continue the British Canadian. The two newspapers shared a business office. On page 2 of the Feb. 25, 1858 issue of the Western Mercury, the editor writes “All parties indebted to this office for the 1st vol., British Canadian or for printing, or advertising, are requested to make immediate payment.” The newspapers also share the same motto: Our country’s welfare first, and then, we stand by honest party men. Furthermore, the numbering of the Western Mercury seems to continue the numbering of the British Canadian. However, the two newspapers have different editors, different political perspectives (based on content in existing issues), and were published on different days.
Online Holdings
1857: Feb. 18 (Vol. 1: no. 18) 4p. 2 copies
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Canada Advertiser and Essex Advocate (Sandwich)
Abner Cheny Morton
Title Variation
Essex Advocate
Publication Dates
1850-1853?
Frequency
Weekly
Online Holdings
Essex Advocate
1851: Nov. 20 (Vol. 2: no. 6) 2p. 4p.?; pages 3-4 are probably missing
Canada Advertiser and Essex Advocate
1853: Jan. 20 (Vol. 3: no. 13) (Whole no. 117) 4 p.
1853: Feb. 3 (Vol. 3: no. 15) (Whole no. 119) 4 p.
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Canada Oak (Sandwich)
Duncan A. McMullin
Title Variation
Canadian Oak
Publication Dates
1850 - 1856?
Frequency
Weekly
Online Holdings
1853: June 24 (Vol. 3: no. 3) 4p.
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Clairon (Windsor)
Armand Lavergne
Title Variation
Windsor Clairon
Publication Dates
No. 1 (1913: Sept. 25) - no. 15 (1914)
Frequency
Weekly
Online Holdings
No. 1 (1913: Sept 25) 6p.
No. 2 (1913: Oct. 2) 8p.
No. 5 (1913: Oct. 23) 8p.
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Daily Dominion (Windsor)
John Murdoch
Title Variation
Dominion
Publication Dates
1867 - 1875
Frequency
Weekly Edition: 1867 - 1875
Daily Edition: 1874 - 1875
Online Holdings
Daily Edition:
1875: Jan. 19 (Vol. 1: no. 24) 4 p.
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Essex Centre Chronicle
Robert Fair
Title Variations
Essex Chronicle
Chronicle
Essex Center Chronicle
Publication Dates
1878? - 1885
Frequency
Weekly
Online Holdings
1880: Aug. 27 (Vol. 2: no. 26) (Whole no. 78) 8p.
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Essex Liberal
James Brien
Title Variations
Essex Centre Liberal
Essex Center Liberal
Publication Dates
1885: Dec.? - 1889: Dec. 6
Frequency
Weekly
Online Holdings
1886: Mar. 5 (Vol. 2: no. 9) (Whole no. 61) 8p.
1886: Aug. 27 Supplement 4p.
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Essex Review (Windsor)
Charles C. Cliffe
Title Variations
Windsor Review
Review
Publication Dates
1878: Oct. 11 (Vol. 1: no. 1) - 1902
Frequency
Weekly
Online Holdings
1878: Nov. 1 (Vol. 1: no. 4) 8 p.
1885: Dec. 25 (Vol. 8: no. 7) 8 p.
1899: July 28 (Vol. 23: no. 30) 12 p. (pages 3-10 are missing)
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Essex Times (Windsor)
John Lewis
Publication Dates
1876-1878Frequency
WeeklyOnline Holdings
1876: October 24 (Vol. 1: no. 40) 4p. -
Maple Leaf (Sandwich and Amherstburg)
James H. Wilkinson
Title Variations
Sandwich Maple Leaf
Amherstburg Maple Leaf
Subtitle
County of Essex Informant and Advocate
Publication Dates
1856: Feb. 29 (Vol. 1: no. 1) – 1861
Frequency
Weekly
Online Holdings
1856: Feb. 29 (Vol. 1: no. 1) – 1857: Feb. 19 (Vol. 1: no. 52)
Note: 1856: Oct. 16 (Vol. 1: no. 34) has 2 missing pages
1857: Feb. 26 (Vol. 2: no. 1) – 1858: Feb. 18 (Vol. 2: no. 52)
Includes: 1857: Dec. 28 Maple Leaf Extra: Sandwich; 1 page
Includes: 1857: Dec. 30 Amherstburg Extra; 1 page
Note: 1858: Feb. 4, Feb. 11, and Feb. 18 are damaged
1860: Nov. 20 (Vol. 5) Extra 1 page
1860: Dec. 26 (Vol. 5: no. 26);
1861: Jan. 30 (Vol. 5: no. 31); 1861: Mar. 20 (Vol. 5: no. 38) – 1861: April 10 (Vol. 5: no. 41)
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Observer (Amherstburg)
John Richmond
Title Variation
The Observer and Agricultural Record for the County of Essex (Amherstburg)
Publication Dates
Vol. 1: no. 1 (1860: April ?) – vol. 2: no. ? (1861: June ?) and almost certainly longer
Frequency
Weekly
Online Holdings
Vol. 1: no. 15 (1860: July 20) 4 pages 2 copies
Vol. 1: no. 36 (1861: Feb. 22) 4 pages
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Standard (Windsor, 1879)
James C. Murdoch
Title Variation
Windsor Standard
Publication Dates
1879: April 23 (Vol. 1: no. 1) – 1880: Dec. ?
Frequency
Semi-Weekly / Weekly
Online Holdings
1879: July 30 (Vol. 1: no. 29) 4p. (damaged)
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Standard (Windsor, 1902)
Charles Linley Barker
Title Variations
Windsor Standard (Windsor, Ontario,1902)
Essex County Standard (Windsor, Ontario, 1902)Publication Dates
1902: Nov. 29 (Vol. 1: no 1) – 1912: Dec.?
Frequency
Weekly / Daily
Online Holdings
1902: Nov. 29 (Vol. 1: no. 1) 8p. Pages 3-6 are missing
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Western Mercury (Sandwich)
Alexander Riggs McClenaghan
Title Variations
Western Mercury and Great South-western Railway Advocate
Great South-western Railway Advocate
Former Title
British Canadian: the Western Mercury may be a continuation of the British Canadian. The two newspapers shared a business office. On page 2 of the Feb. 25, 1858 issue, the editor writes “All parties indebted to this office for the 1st vol., British Canadian or for printing, or advertising, are requested to make immediate payment.” The newspapers also share the same motto: Our country’s welfare first, and then, we stand by honest party men. Furthermore, the numbering of the Western Mercury seems to continue the numbering of the British Canadian. However, the two newspapers have different editors, different political perspectives (based on content in existing issues), and were published on different days.
Publication Dates
1857: Nov.? (Vol. 2: no. 1) – 1859?
This assumes a continuation in the numbering from the British Canadian.
Frequency
Weekly
Online Holdings
1858: Feb. 18 (Vol. 2 : no. 14) 4p.
1858: Feb. 25 (Vol. 2 : no. 15) 4p.
1858: Mar. 25 (Vol. 2 : no. 19) 4p.
1858: Apr. 15 (Vol. 2 : no. 22) 4p.