Ford City
Moving
Forward
Story and photos by
Daniel Gray
If William McGregor, MP, Essex County warden and local
businessman had gazed out upon the farm lands of Notre
Dame Du Lac and envisioned the future, what do you think he
would have seen? Inhaling the fresh country air at the corner
of what’s now Drouillard and Whelpton, could he have
imagined what it would become? It’s likely he never
envisioned how his tiny village with French heritage would
see both boom and bust, and more than 100 years later be
working on resurrection.