Windsor City within Southern Ontario has numerous sites to go to a view some spectacular views of its surrounding nature. The city is called the "City of Roses" or the "Rose City", and has lots of large parks and beautiful gardens surrounding its waterfront. In the city's central part, Jackson Park features the Queen Elizabeth II Sunken Garden. Its other tourist attractions consist of Caesars Windsor, the Art Gallery of Windsor, a lively and vibrant downtown, Little Italy and the Odette Sculpture Park. All through wintertime, individuals can even go the Detroit River for glimpses of waterfowl concentrate flying everywhere. St. Rose Beach Park, Peche Island, and Sand Pointe Beach are good places for people to observe flocks of Canvasbacks, redheads, and other ducks.
Windsor co-hosts the Windsor-Detroit International Freedom Festival, a two-week long event that culminates within a spectacular gigantic fireworks display which commemorates US Independence day and Canada Day. This particular event attracts a million spectators each and every year.
Vollmer Culture and Recreation Complex is a great place for fun and fitness. Its amenities include: two NHL size ice pads, aquatic centre, indoor walking track, fitness centre, 26 soccer pitches, Senior's Centre and multipurpose rooms to be able to plan a special event or a meeting. Those into spectator sports could catch a game on these locations: BASEBALL (Forest Glade Baseball Park, Mic Mac Park, Riverside Baseball Park); HOCKEY (Adstoll Arena, Adie Knox Arena, Windsor Arena, Forest Glade Arena, South Windsor recreation Complex, Riverside Arena); FOOTBALL/SOCCER/RUGBY (Windsor Stadium, University of Windsor's Denis Centre); CRICKET (Jackson Park, Optimist Park); and LAWN BOWLING (Jackson Park).
Windsor's financial system is generally tourism, manufacturing, education and government-based. It is normally referred to as the "Automotive Capital of Canada," and among the car manufacturers which base their head office within this place are the a Ford Motor Company engine plant, the Chrysler minivan assembly plant, a General Motors transmission plant (scheduled to close in June, the year 2010), and a few smaller tool and die and automotive parts manufacturers. Windsor city has a dominant tourism industry, with Caesars Windsor (before called Casino Windsor) ranking as one of the biggest local businesses within the nation.