Lake Huron, at top, once passed into the St. Clair River through three separate channels around an island known as Pet-Tag-Wano. Glenn Ogilvie file photo Phil Egan When the French explorer La Salle and his tiny ship reached what’s now Point Edward in the late 17th century he found Lake [...]
Sarnians were mad about football in the 1930s, when the hometown Imperials were an Ontario powerhouse. This photo from a 1934 training camp shows, from left, Ken Fraser, Norm Geary, Harry Smith (?), Bob “Rocky” Parsaca and Gord “Pat” Paterson. Glen C. Phillips, Sarnia: A Picture History of the Imperial [...]
Caretaker Chris Burley shows off Our Lady of Mercy’s historic church bell and a new steel cradle that’s letting it ring out once again. With him are Deanna Sandrin and shop supervisor Neil Beaumont, both of Sandrin Services Inc., and Journal reporter Cathy Dobson. Glenn Ogilvie Cathy Dobson When the [...]
Roz Green and Ron RealeSmith with the military Honour Rolls that Green found and salvaged in Toronto. Photo courtesy, Sarnia Historical Society Phil Egan Roz Green is a curious lady, and Sarnians can be grateful for that curiosity. The musician was strolling in her central Toronto neighbourhood recently when something [...]
St. Clair is presenting a 20-year retrospective of musical theatre at the high school May 12-14. In rehearsals here for a number called “Telephone Hour” are, from left, front row: Charlotte Toyne and Kassy Ross; second row: Courtney Dumont and Camryn McKinlay, and back row: Rebecca Marshall, Sarah MacDonald and [...]
Imagine an elevated pier extending from Sarnia’s Pointlands into the St. Clair River that ends at an eternal flame atop a domed pavilion. Well, one local architect already has imagined it, and he’s pitching the project as the perfect way for the city to celebrate Canada’s 150th birthday. George Mathewson [...]
THEN, ABOVE: The last graduating class at St. Patrick’s High School on East Street assembled for this group photo, taken on May 22, 2014. When the school first opened in 1955 as Central Collegiate, Sarnia was growing so rapidly that planning began immediately for the construction of what would become [...]
John Pilat, who plays Paddy’s on Friday, doesn’t like to be pigeonholed musically. Submitted Photo Cathy Dobson Getting exposure as a solo singer-songwriter in Sarnia can be tough, but John Pilat’s persistence is starting to pay off. “I feel like things are coming together now,” says Pilat who opened for [...]
The Ontario Environment Ministry has rejected Sarnia’s plan to construct a steel seawall and extend Centennial Park 30 feet into Sarnia Bay. The decision has forced city officials to move a proposed “gathering area” further to the east. Cathy Dobson The remediation of Centennial Park will be completed this summer, [...]
This image taken in 1944 of RCAF pilot Sean Dunn reveals a much older looking man than the adventerous youth who came to Canada from the U.S. to serve in the Second World War, his son says. Submitted Photo George Mathewson A Sarnia man has created a website as a [...]