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Here’s a memorable way to honour their sacrifice – those who answered the call of King and Country and rallied to the armed forces to serve Canada at a time of mortal global peril. Here’s an opportunity to memorialize their service to Canada in Tom Slater’s brilliant two-volume work, The War Remembrance Project. It is the definitive, eight years in the making and finally completed, story of Sarnia’s fallen soldiers, sailors and airmen. Final print and digital editions of the two-volume Sarnia War Remembrance Project are currently being finalized. For a minimum donation of $25 (digital) or $75 (print), your memorial can be added in the following style: The Egan Family In Memory of Joe Egan OR Sarnia Police Service In Memory of Constable Jack Lewis Take this priceless opportunity to memorialize the service of your loved one, as well as to help Tom Slater to raise the money needed to publish the Sarnia War Remembrance Project – a priceless gif and resource to the County’s Archives and museums and to Sarnia’s high schools, libraries, city records, media outlets and more. Tom Slater has never accepted one penny of reimbursement for his eight years of labour on this noble project. He is more than deserving of support. Tom’s work has not only recorded the lives of Sarnia’s fallen soldiers, it has seen 26 names added to the Sarnia Cenotaph and a section of Highway 40 renamed Veteran’s Parkway, in memory of those who served Canada. -
Here’s a memorable way to honour their sacrifice – those who answered the call of King and Country and rallied to the armed forces to serve Canada at a time of mortal global peril. Here’s an opportunity to memorialize their service to Canada in Tom Slater’s brilliant two-volume work, The War Remembrance Project. It is the definitive, eight years in the making and finally completed, story of Sarnia’s fallen soldiers, sailors and airmen. Final print and digital editions of the two-volume Sarnia War Remembrance Project are currently being finalized. For a minimum donation of $25 (digital) or $75 (print), your memorial can be added in the following style: The Egan Family In Memory of Joe Egan OR Sarnia Police Service In Memory of Constable Jack Lewis Take this priceless opportunity to memorialize the service of your loved one, as well as to help Tom Slater to raise the money needed to publish the Sarnia War Remembrance Project – a priceless gif and resource to the County’s Archives and museums and to Sarnia’s high schools, libraries, city records, media outlets and more. Tom Slater has never accepted one penny of reimbursement for his eight years of labour on this noble project. He is more than deserving of support. Tom’s work has not only recorded the lives of Sarnia’s fallen soldiers, it has seen 26 names added to the Sarnia Cenotaph and a section of Highway 40 renamed Veteran’s Parkway, in memory of those who served Canada.
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The Way It Was - The history of The Sarnia Public Elementary Schools -
The Good Old Days "The History of Education in Enniskillen Township, Lambton County"
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$39.99 + 5% Book Tax = $42.00 Shipping: We live locally in Sarnia and can arrange pick up or drop off of your book. If you live outside of the Sarnia area we will work out shipping costs of the book and you will be billed accordingly. Questions? [email protected] OR 519-328-5009 Thanks! About: Phil Egan’s Walking Through Fire is a fascinating and dramatic tale embracing 175 years of Sarnia’s history. Egan is a renowned storyteller, and his talents are on full display as he takes the reader along for the harrowing ride. Egan follows the story of Port Sarnia’s earliest bucket brigades as the village’s firemen ran through the muddy streets clustered by the river, describing the horse-drawn fire engines of the growing town, ending with the highly trained firefighters of the new millennium. As Egan narrates his story, we travel with him through the key events in the story of the Imperial City: from the coming of the railroads to the growth of Chemical Valley and more. The story unfolds like a novel, packed with excitement, humour, courage and pride in those who risk their lives to save others. -
Local historian, journalist and author, Phil Egan has published his latest book: Keeping the Peace: 160 Years of Policing the Imperial City is available March 22. Price Break Down: $37.95 + 5% Book Tax = $39.95 Shipping: We live locally in Sarnia and can arrange pick up or drop off of your book. If you live outside of the Sarnia area we will work out shipping costs of the book and you will be billed accordingly. Questions? [email protected] OR 519-328-5009 Thanks! About: A follow-up to his bestselling, Walking Through Fire: The History of Sarnia's Bravest, Keeping the Peace chronicles the 160 plus years of the Sarnia Police Service. This book is published by Sarnia Historical Society. On May 15, 1857, a man named Edward Proctor began patrolling the wooden sidewalks of the Town of Sarnia. He was known as the town's "Street Inspector" and his duties were myriad and complex. Sarnia, at the time, was home to only a few hundred souls. From such humble beginnings can be traced the remarkable history of the Sarnia Police Service: today, in it's 163rd year, staffed by 115 sworn officers, forty-nine full time and twenty-two part-time civilian staff.This is the story of how it began and how it grew. In this never-before told history, author and historian Phil Egan traces the very concept of policing and law enforcement back to its roots in the night watchmen prowling the cobbled streets of old London and other European towns, to Sir Robert Peel and the days of the Bow Street Runners. He describes how policing in Sarnia grew as the town became a 21st century city, with the coming of the railroads, the steady growth of commerce and industry, the birth of the Chemical Valley, and the incredible feat that saw Sarnia christened "Tunnel Town" with the engineering marvel that was the St. Clair Tunnel. As we journey back through time, in both war and peace, Egan introduces us to a rogue's gallery of murderers, fraudsters, swindlers, saboteurs, counterfeiters, kidnappers and other scoundrels who have threatened the peace in our community. He also tells the story of the men and women in blue, some legendary, some unknown, who have valiantly served and protected Sarnia and brought them to justice. We explore famous cases such as the Labatt kidnapping, the first major crime of its kind in Canada, the notorious Holmes Foundry Riot, the heartbreaking murders of Jessica Nethery and Noelle Paquette, the first DNA evidence introduced in a Sarnia courtroom, the first Victim Impact Statements, and the mysterious unsolved murders of Karen Caughlin, Morag Davies and more. Keeping the Peace is both a lasting historical record and a proud tribute to the men and women who "stand on the ramparts" to keep the monsters at bay. -
Local historian, journalist and author, Phil Egan has published his latest book: Keeping the Peace: 160 Years of Policing the Imperial City is available March 22. Price Break Down: $47.95 + 5% Book Tax = $49.95 Shipping: We live locally in Sarnia and can arrange pick up or drop off of your book. If you live outside of the Sarnia area we will work out shipping costs of the book and you will be billed accordingly. Questions? [email protected] OR 519-328-5009 Thanks! About: A follow-up to his bestselling, Walking Through Fire: The History of Sarnia's Bravest, Keeping the Peace chronicles the 160 plus years of the Sarnia Police Service. This book is published by Sarnia Historical Society. On May 15, 1857, a man named Edward Proctor began patrolling the wooden sidewalks of the Town of Sarnia. He was known as the town's "Street Inspector" and his duties were myriad and complex. Sarnia, at the time, was home to only a few hundred souls. From such humble beginnings can be traced the remarkable history of the Sarnia Police Service: today, in it's 163rd year, staffed by 115 sworn officers, forty-nine full time and twenty-two part-time civilian staff.This is the story of how it began and how it grew. In this never-before told history, author and historian Phil Egan traces the very concept of policing and law enforcement back to its roots in the night watchmen prowling the cobbled streets of old London and other European towns, to Sir Robert Peel and the days of the Bow Street Runners. He describes how policing in Sarnia grew as the town became a 21st century city, with the coming of the railroads, the steady growth of commerce and industry, the birth of the Chemical Valley, and the incredible feat that saw Sarnia christened "Tunnel Town" with the engineering marvel that was the St. Clair Tunnel. As we journey back through time, in both war and peace, Egan introduces us to a rogue's gallery of murderers, fraudsters, swindlers, saboteurs, counterfeiters, kidnappers and other scoundrels who have threatened the peace in our community. He also tells the story of the men and women in blue, some legendary, some unknown, who have valiantly served and protected Sarnia and brought them to justice. We explore famous cases such as the Labatt kidnapping, the first major crime of its kind in Canada, the notorious Holmes Foundry Riot, the heartbreaking murders of Jessica Nethery and Noelle Paquette, the first DNA evidence introduced in a Sarnia courtroom, the first Victim Impact Statements, and the mysterious unsolved murders of Karen Caughlin, Morag Davies and more. Keeping the Peace is both a lasting historical record and a proud tribute to the men and women who "stand on the ramparts" to keep the monsters at bay.
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$47.95 + 5% Book Tax = $49.95 Shipping: We live locally in Sarnia and can arrange pick up or drop off of your book. If you live outside of the Sarnia area we will work out shipping costs of the book and you will be billed accordingly. Questions? [email protected] OR 519-328-5009 Thanks! About: Phil Egan’s Walking Through Fire is a fascinating and dramatic tale embracing 175 years of Sarnia’s history. Egan is a renowned storyteller, and his talents are on full display as he takes the reader along for the harrowing ride. Egan follows the story of Port Sarnia’s earliest bucket brigades as the village’s firemen ran through the muddy streets clustered by the river, describing the horse-drawn fire engines of the growing town, ending with the highly trained firefighters of the new millennium. As Egan narrates his story, we travel with him through the key events in the story of the Imperial City: from the coming of the railroads to the growth of Chemical Valley and more. The story unfolds like a novel, packed with excitement, humour, courage and pride in those who risk their lives to save others.
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Local historian, journalist and author, Phil Egan has published his latest book: Keeping the Peace: 160 Years of Policing the Imperial City is available March 22. Price Break Down: $47.95 + 5% Book Tax = $49.95 Shipping: We live locally in Sarnia and can arrange pick up or drop off of your book. If you live outside of the Sarnia area we will work out shipping costs of the book and you will be billed accordingly. Questions? [email protected] OR 519-328-5009 Thanks! About: A follow-up to his bestselling, Walking Through Fire: The History of Sarnia's Bravest, Keeping the Peace chronicles the 160 plus years of the Sarnia Police Service. This book is published by Sarnia Historical Society. On May 15, 1857, a man named Edward Proctor began patrolling the wooden sidewalks of the Town of Sarnia. He was known as the town's "Street Inspector" and his duties were myriad and complex. Sarnia, at the time, was home to only a few hundred souls. From such humble beginnings can be traced the remarkable history of the Sarnia Police Service: today, in it's 163rd year, staffed by 115 sworn officers, forty-nine full time and twenty-two part-time civilian staff.This is the story of how it began and how it grew. In this never-before told history, author and historian Phil Egan traces the very concept of policing and law enforcement back to its roots in the night watchmen prowling the cobbled streets of old London and other European towns, to Sir Robert Peel and the days of the Bow Street Runners. He describes how policing in Sarnia grew as the town became a 21st century city, with the coming of the railroads, the steady growth of commerce and industry, the birth of the Chemical Valley, and the incredible feat that saw Sarnia christened "Tunnel Town" with the engineering marvel that was the St. Clair Tunnel. As we journey back through time, in both war and peace, Egan introduces us to a rogue's gallery of murderers, fraudsters, swindlers, saboteurs, counterfeiters, kidnappers and other scoundrels who have threatened the peace in our community. He also tells the story of the men and women in blue, some legendary, some unknown, who have valiantly served and protected Sarnia and brought them to justice. We explore famous cases such as the Labatt kidnapping, the first major crime of its kind in Canada, the notorious Holmes Foundry Riot, the heartbreaking murders of Jessica Nethery and Noelle Paquette, the first DNA evidence introduced in a Sarnia courtroom, the first Victim Impact Statements, and the mysterious unsolved murders of Karen Caughlin, Morag Davies and more. Keeping the Peace is both a lasting historical record and a proud tribute to the men and women who "stand on the ramparts" to keep the monsters at bay.
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Get it now! The latest book from the Sarnia Historical Society is only $24.95. Here is the perfect gift for anyone who loves the Imperial city – 100 tales about Sarnia from one of our city’s favourite storytellers. Backward Glances invites the reader to enjoy a stroll through Sarnia’s rich and memorable past. From 2015 to 2022, the Sarnia Historical Society’s Editor-in-Chief, Phil Egan, wrote over 350 tales covering myriad aspects of the people, events, and developments behind Sarnia’s colourful and exciting history. These stories appeared weekly in the pages of our award-winning, and popular newspaper, The Sarnia Journal. The dramatic lives and events that came before us continue to fascinate, educate and entertain those of us who stand today before the curtain of time, anxious to open its folds and take a peek behind.
