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A Walk Through Sarnia’s Early Parks

A Walk Through Sarnia’s Early Parks

By Phil Egan for The Sarnia Journal (2016) A park forms one of my earliest memories. I was five back in 1952. My two spinster aunts, Frances and Lily, used to walk with me through the grounds of Victoria Park. The old Carnegie Library with its rounded dome was here, [...]

Ron Smith2016-12-05T17:37:41-05:00December 5th, 2016|Comments Off

Point Edward 1679-1981

by Jean Turnbull Elford in Canada West’s Last Frontier (1982) Point Edward, Lambton’s largest incorporated village, placed where Lake Huron empties into the River St. Clair, made its way into recorded history earlier than any other part of Lambton. The first written account comes from the pen of Father Hennepin [...]

Ron Smith2015-09-03T17:24:21-04:00September 3rd, 2015|Comments Off