by Jean Turnbull Elford writing in Canada West’s Last Frontier The earliest ferry to run between Sarnia and Port Huron was a sailboat. A Sarnia named Crampton got a license to run her in 1836. In the 1840s a horse-powered ferry began to run with George Moffat in charge. Julius [...]
by Cathy Dobson for the Sarnia Observer (2012) The next time a national tour is mounted featuring the work of Sarnia’s own Lowrie Warrener, it might actually stop in Sarnia. That wasn’t the case in 2010 when Gallery Lambton loaned several of its Warrener pieces to a national exhibition and [...]
by Phil Egan Special to The Sarnia Journal Sarnians, and Ontarians in general, have had a tempestuous experience over the years with the practice of purchasing liquor. It wasn’t always as easy as it is today. In fact, there was a time not too long ago when it was pretty [...]
by Phil Egan Special to The Sarnia Journal (2015) It is a warm evening in early July, 1910. King George V is in his second month on the throne of the British Empire. Sir Wilfred Laurier is Prime Minister. You have just boarded the 100 foot long ferry, Skater at [...]
by Phil Egan Mary Alice Moon had already lost two sons to the war. She was determined not to lose a third. The Edmonton mother had seen sons Kris, John and William answer the call to King and Country by enlisting in the RCAF in World War II. When John [...]
by Scott Stephenson for the Sarnia Observer (2003) The history of firefighting in the city predates even The Observer. The first public meeting held to organize some type of fire protection for the community was held in 1840 and resulted in the creation of the St. Clair #1 Volunteer Fire [...]
by Paul Morden for the Sarnia Observer (2014) The story of the multimillion dollar collection of Canadian art housed in the public art gallery in downtown Sarnia began a century ago when a group of volunteers went to work recycling paper and rags for Sarnia-Lambton’s war efforts. The murder of [...]
by Paul Morden for the Sarnia Observer (2010) Nicole Chénier-Cullen has written the memoirs that her late husband Bud Cullen never had the chance to. "I Found My Thrill on Parliament Hill" tells the story of her life working for cabinet ministers in Ottawa, and the love story that came [...]
by George Mathewson for the Sarnia Observer (2003) From the illicit rum-running of “Scarface” Capone to the location of the Sarnia Golf & Curling Club lounge, alcohol helped shape the social history of Sarnia-Lambton. With its miles of lonely shoreline, the St. Clair River was a porous border for rum-runners [...]
by the Sarnia Observer (2003) When officials from the Imperial Oil company came before Sarnia council in 1897 seeking a tax break in exchange for expanding its refinery, town officials considered it too good a deal to pass up. So did The Observer, which praised the deal, declaring it would [...]
