Hiram Walker
American businessman (1816-1899) · United States · On the map · Business Professionals · Died at 82
Hiram Walker was an American entrepreneur and founder of the Hiram Walker and Sons Ltd. distillery in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. He was born in East Douglas, Massachusetts, and moved to Detroit in 1838.
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Hiram Walker, from a picture located in the archives of Hiram Walker and Sons
Canadian Club whisky, originally made by Hiram Walker & Sons, today a property of Suntory Global Spirits
Distillery buildings in Walkerville (now part of Windsor, Ontario) c. 1910
Hiram Walker's Grave, Elmwood Cemetery, Detroit, MichiganAwards
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He purchased land across the Detroit River, just east of what is Windsor, Ontario, and established a distillery in 1858 in what would become Walkerville, Ontario. He began selling his whisky as Hiram Walker's Club Whisky, in containers that were "clearly marked". He used a process to make his whisky that was vastly different from all other distillers.
