Forest Glade is an

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located in the east end of

Windsor, Ontario Windsor ( ) is a city in southwestern Ontario, Canada. It is situated on the south bank of the Detroit River directly across from the U.S city of Detroit, Detroit, Michigan. Geographically located within but administratively independent of Esse ...

, Canada. Forest Glade forms a large section of the Windsor's border with

Tecumseh, Ontario Tecumseh () is a town in Essex County in Southwestern Ontario, Canada. It is on Lake St. Clair east of Windsor and had a population of roughly 23,300 as of the 2021 census according to Statistics Canada. It is part of the Windsor census me ...

and is situated near the former town of Riverside, Ontario. It has an estimated population of 19,000 people. The physical borders of the community are

Tecumseh Road The road network in Windsor, Ontario is a grid system with elongated blocks, generally aligned with the Detroit River, with East-West roads running parallel to it, and North-South streets running perpendicular (90 Degrees) to it. This is an adopt ...

East to the North, Banwell Road to the East, Lauzon Road to the West, and E.C. Row Expressway to the South. Forest Glade is accessed from three directions: West (off

Lauzon Parkway The road network in Windsor, Ontario is a Grid plan, grid system with elongated blocks, generally aligned with the Detroit River, with East-West roads running Parallel (geometry), parallel to it, and North-South streets running perpendicular (90 D ...

), north (off Tecumseh Road East), and east (off Banwell Road). Nearby to a Tecumseh Road entrance is an entrance to the

Ganatchio Trail The Ganatchio Trail is the second bike trail built in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. Construction on the trail started upon the closure of Clairview Avenue (Windsor, Ontario), Clairview Avenue. The trail extends over 5.3 km, and passes through ...

, as well as a multitude of

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restaurants, Tecumseh Mall, and several grocery stores. It has quick access to E.C. Row Expressway and is home to the easternmost sections of

Transit Windsor Transit Windsor provides public transportation in the city of Windsor, Ontario, Canada as well as LaSalle, Essex, Kingsville, Amherstburg and Leamington and serves more than 6 million passengers each year (6.72 million in 2017), covering an ar ...

s 1C, 4, and 10 bus routes, providing excellent access to virtually anywhere in the city.

Community landmarks

Forest Glade features an

Optimist Club Optimist International is an international service club organization with almost 3,000 clubs and over 80,000 members in more than 20 countries. The international headquarters is located in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. Optimist Internationa ...

, twin ice pads at Forest Glade Arena, along with the Forest Glade branch of the

Windsor Public Library Windsor Public Library is a public library system in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. It has ten branches and serves the city of Windsor through Children's, Young Adult, and Adult programs, services and collections. The central branch is located at the ...

. Also notable are a public

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s, and

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s. These facilities collectively are referred to as the Forest Glade Community Centre. There are three public

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s in the area: Forest Glade Public School, Eastview Horizon Public School. In addition to these, there are two Catholic school board schools: L.A. Desmarais and H.J. Lassaline. Housing in Forest Glade generally consists of freestanding single family homes, owned as opposed to rented. There are a number of

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s, but the majority of the population of the area live in houses. Numerous churches and religious places are present in the community. A

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, or small strip mall, is located near the Community Centre.

Character

Although Forest Glade, or simply "The Glade" is an official part of the City of

Windsor Windsor may refer to: Places *Detroit–Windsor, Michigan-Ontario, USA-Canada, North America; a cross-border metropolitan region Australia New South Wales *Windsor, New South Wales ** Municipality of Windsor, a former local government area Queen ...

, many residents show a sense of patriotism that would suggest it were an independent town. Forest Glade is well known amongst Windsorites for having many winding and confusing roads. It is very easy to get lost in Forest Glade as there are many crescents and some of the streets even intersect themselves. Numerous crescent-type streets are renamed halfway along them, making navigation for people unfamiliar with the area difficult at best. The community is an example of a

planned community A planned community, planned city, planned town, or planned settlement is any community that was carefully planned from its inception and is typically constructed on previously undeveloped land. This contrasts with settlements that evolve ...

, as until the late 1960s, the area was mainly farmland, with fewer than a dozen houses in the area. The community was built in stages throughout the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, with most of the available land between the road boundaries being used. The most recent expansion is in the northeast corner, constructing new houses near Banwell Road.

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Community landmarks

Character

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