Faye and Fred Bouchard of 161 Cameron St. were surprised to learn their property was owned in 1858 by Malcolm Cameron, one of the founders of Sarnia. Glenn Ogilvie Pam Wright Special to The Journal The walls of your house can’t talk — but what you can discover at the [...]
This undated photo provided by Sarnia’s Terry Hardy shows a local band called The Country Swingers. The drummer was named Betty Hart and the woman with the guitar is late Flo Hannon of Sarnia, a country singer who recorded an album and played music her entire life. An inscription on [...]
TOP: The three-storey building at the northeast corner of Front and Wellington streets as it appeared around 1960, when it was the St. Clair Hotel. Photo courtesy, John Rochon Collection. BOTTOM: The two-storey Riverport Tavern as it appears today. Kip Cuthbert photo compilation Kip Cuthbert The building known today as [...]
Sarnia Cities Bus Service was launched around 1931 with four buses, not long after the Sarnia Street Railway went out of business. In this undated image a group prepares for a road trip to the Dionne quintuplets home near North Bay, Ont. The first to survive their infancy, the quints, [...]
“Big Tom” has been returned to Veterans’ Park from its previous home in Canatara Park. A crowd gathered to watch the reinstallation, including Dan Diebold, left, who lives in the neighbourhood. Glenn Ogilvie Phil Egan Special to The Journal Lou Giancarlo had a feeling something was out of place. He [...]
Journal Staff Remembrance Day ceremonies in Sarnia will begin a day early again this year. The public is invited to join Sarnia Legion members in a walk from City Hall to the Legion Cenotaph on Front Street at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 10. Those walking will carry lit candles, [...]
Soldiers, guns over their shoulders, march to the train for deployment in the First World War in this image recored near the bottom of Ferry Dock Hill. Photograph courtesy of the Lambton Heritage Museum, Grand Bend. Randy Evans Special to The Journal Personal letters are usually private and confidential, but [...]
Pat McLean Special to The Journal Sarnia has three war memorials. The first is the Boer War Memorial Fountain on the south side of the Sarnia Library. It was restored by the Sarnia Heritage Committee and in 1998 relocated in Victoria Park and rededicated. At that time it was also [...]
Percy Bodaly in 1917 Randy Evans Special to The Journal On Jan. 4, 1916, my maternal grandfather, Percy Bodaly, enlisted to serve with the Canadian Expeditionary Forces in World War One. He was 19 years old. Initially as a Private and later a Corporal, his entire wartime career would be [...]
The congregation of St. Paul’s United Church, which has worshiped at three church buildings in two locations, is celebrating its 125th anniversary. Journal Photo George Mathewson To look at it today you’d never suspect St. Paul’s United Church came about because of a rail tunnel built beneath the St. Clair [...]