Cathy Dobson Executive members of the new Sarnia Historical Society are working with elementary and high school students to get them excited about local history. “We’re hoping we can introduce historical content about Sarnia into the Grade 7 and 8 curriculums by this September,” says President Ron Smith. “When I [...]
Laura Greaves, vice president of the Sarnia Historical Society, is among those organizing interviews intended to build an oral history of the area. Sarnia Historical Society group is organizing interviews in attempt to 'save stories' A group of local volunteers is busy collecting stories of Lambton’s past from those who [...]
They span the realms of nature and aviation and tragedy, and they work with the lonely, the challenged and the hungry. But a unifying thread does connect the 17 individuals and organizations named to Mayor Mike Bradley’s Honour List for 2015 – a desire to make Sarnia a better place. [...]
Phil Egan Special to The Journal Lou Giancarlo had a feeling something was out of place. He couldn’t help wondering what the cannon known to generations of Sarnians as “Big Tom” was doing in Canatara Park. Eight months later, thanks to the efforts of Giancarlo and a group of local [...]
This stone near the foot of Devine Street marks the site of Sarnia's first church, school and cemetery. Journal Photo Phil Egan When I was 10 years old, my family lived on South Christina Street, one house north of Devine Street. Directly across the road was the sprawling yard of [...]
The Sarnia Historical Society wants to make local history more accessible to the people who live here. The three-member board of the society – comprised of Phil Egan, Ron Reale Smith and Laura Greaves – took over the reigns of the nearly defunct organization earlier this year and have launched [...]
The Sarnia Historical Society is gathering research for a book on the 175-year history of the Sarnia Fire Department. “Firefighting in Sarnia dates back to the 1840s, beginning with volunteer bucket brigades called out by the church bells of St. Andrew’s,” said Society member Ron RealeSmith. Anyone with information, photos [...]
Members of Sarnia's Historical Society are asking city residents to contribute stories, photos and artifacts for an upcoming book about the history of Sarnia's firefighters. "I've always had a soft stop in my heart for firefighters," said Phil Egan, a member of the society working on the project to document [...]
Cathy Dobson Editor’s note: The Journal and Sarnia Historical Society have teamed up to produce a special 40-page publication called Sarnia: Then and Now. The free collector’s edition is being distributed separately this week to coincide with the launch of the Society’s website. Three local history buffs have spent [...]
A new guard with big plans has resurrected the Sarnia Historical Society before it could fold. From left are Ron Smith, Phil Egan and Laura Greaves. Glenn Ogilvie Cathy Dobson Sarnia has never been good at preserving and appreciating its colourful past, but that’s about to change, say a [...]
