LaSalle, Ontario

LaSalle is a town in Essex County, Ontario. It is located on the Detroit River, south of the City of Windsor. LaSalle, along with Windsor, is the oldest French settlement area in Southwestern Ontario, and the oldest continually inhabited European settlement in Canada west of the Quebec border. The town was named for explorer Rene-Robert Cavlier, Sieur de La Salle. Now considered to be a bedroom community of Windsor, LaSalle is often cited as an example of urban sprawl where tracts of Canada's most valuable agricultural land have been developed^{[citation needed]}. It is a part of the Windsor Census Metropolitan Area and includes Fighting Island, in the Detroit River, at its western side.

One of LaSalle's biggest events is the annual Strawberry Festival, which takes place on the first weekend in June.

In LaSalle, most teenagers attend either Sandwich Secondary School or St. Thomas of Villanova Catholic Secondary School. The attendance to both is relatively close in numbers.

The lead singer from the popular Canadian band, "The Tea Party", Jeff Martin, lived in LaSalle and graduated from Sandwich Secondary School.

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Community Profile: LaSalle, Ontario; Statistics Canada

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Northwest: Detroit, Michigan	North: Windsor	Northeast: Windsor/Tecumseh
West: Ecorse, Michigan/Wyandotte, Michigan	LaSalle, Ontario	East: Tecumseh
Southwest: Grosse Ile, Michigan	South: Amherstburg	Southeast: Amherstburg

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Essex County, Ontario

	Topics on Essex County, Ontario
Transportation	Current Provincial Highways: Highway 3 • Highway 77 • Highway 401 Former Provincial Highways: Highway 2 • Highway 39 • Highway 98 • Highway 107 • Highway 114 Essex County Roads: County Roads • Roads Template Railways: Essex Terminal Railway • Windsor Subdivision • Chatham Subdivision • CASO Subdivision
Municipalities	Amherstburg • Essex ¹ • Kingsville • Lakeshore • LaSalle • Leamington • Township of Pelee Island • Tecumseh • Windsor ²
Communities	Belle River³ • Colchester • Comber • Cottam • Deerbrook • Emeryville • Harrow³ • Maidstone • Malden Center • McGregor • Oldcastle • Puce • River Canard • Ruthven • St. Clair Beach³ • St. Joachim • Seacliffe • Stoney Point • Woodslee
Attractions and Parks	Point Pelee National Park • Fort Malden National Historic Park • Jack Miner Bird Sanctuary • Colasanti's Tropical Gardens • ERCA • Chrysler Canada Greenway • Trans-Canada Trail
Geography	Bois Blanc Island • East Sister Island • Fighting Island • Middle Island • Peche Island • Pelee Island • Point Pelee
Related Topics	Detroit, Michigan • Detroit River • Windsor • Ontario
¹ County seat. ² Separated Municipality, as of 1998. ³ Formerly a separate municipality, merged into another as of 1998.