By George Mathewson for The Sarnia Journal A fish caught near the foot of Lake Huron on May 18, 1874 had the citizens of Sarnia agog. The creature was five feet long and sported a paddle-like snout that was nearly half as long as its body. The bizarre fish was preserved and [...]
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 [...]
By Phil Egan - Special to The Sarnia Journal (2015) If houses could talk, this one could spin captivating tales It sits in stately and understated grandeur in a park in Bright’s Grove. Its two-storeys are clad in the distinctive Wawanosh yellow brick fired in the Telfer Road brickyard kilns. [...]
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 [...]
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 George Mathewson for the Sarnia Observer (2003) High winds were still lashing the shore when a tugboat captain returning to Sarnia harbour reported that a large lake freighter had “tuned turtle” eight miles out. The mystery ship was upside down, its entire crew missing. The gale had already destroyed [...]
by George Mathewson for the Sarnia Observer (2003) Angler Don Chalmers has caught some big fish, but nothing like the whopper he hooked in August of 2000. The retired autoworker was down-rigging in Lake Huron when his fish-finder detected something massive on the bottom in 75 feet of water. Curious, [...]
