Mark Seibutis offers a thumbs-up from the cockpit of his vintage L-16 military aircraft. Troy Shantz (2017) Troy Shantz @ The Sarnia Journal Along the side of the vintage L-16 airplane that Mark Seibutis built is a small graphic that reads: Ad honerem Patris mei visio. “In honour of my [...]
A portrait of Anna Maria Penrose Mitton. Born in 1754, she sold the family’s holdings, left London, England and at the age of 80 crossed the Atlantic by sail to start a new life in “The Rapids,” which had a population of 44. She was buried at the Wesleyan Mission [...]
This worn gravestone marks the resting place of Peter McGregor, who in 1880 became the first person buried in the newly opened Lakeview Cemetery. Gary Shrumm Photo (2017) Randy Evans and Gary Shrumm @ The Sarnia Journal It was a tough job but somebody had to do it. And James [...]
(2017) Phil Egan @ The Sarnia Journal Seventy-eight years ago this week the subject of war was on the lips of everyone in Sarnia. The crisis in Europe seemed to be the only subject of conversation among family, friends, and even strangers on the street, the Canadian Observer reported in [...]
Bodies of Canadian soldiers lie among damaged landing craft and ‘Churchill’ tanks of the Calgary Regiment following Operation ‘Jubilee’ during the Dieppe Raid, on Aug. 19, 1942. Source: Library and Archives Canada/National Archives of Canada fonds/c014160 Tom St. Amand and Tom Slater Seventy-five years ago this week Sarnia’s John Hewitt emerged a [...]
St. Joseph’s Hospital as it appeared in February of 1954. Photo courtesy, Lambton County Archives, Sarnia Observer Negative Collection, 20773-03 (2017) Phil Egan @ The Sarnia Journal Central Collegiate no longer exists, but its memories linger among those who attended the school. Today, only its track and football field remain. [...]
Those working to rebuild the 44 Sarnia Imperial Squadron archive include, from left, building and property chair Cameron Gibson; sponsoring committee chair Sid Thompson; squadron director Elizabeth Bainbridge; fundraising chair Melody Gibson and and band officer Lori Basset. Bonnie Stevenson Photo (2017) Bonnie Stevenson @ The Sarnia Journal A pair [...]
Canadian military guards on horseback keep watch over a group of German soldiers captured at Hill 70 in France. Source: Library and Archives Canada (2017) Tom Slater and Tom St. Amand @ The Sarnia Journal Just four months after the Battle of Vimy Ridge, Canadian troops took part in another [...]
The Sahara Motel. Photos from the Dave Burwell Collection, Sarnia Historical Society Information provided by Ron Realesmith. Sarnians of a certain age will remember the old Sahara Motel and Restaurant on London Line, or the “Golden Mile” as it’s often called. The Sahara was especially popular in the 1970s with [...]
Baby Brodie-Lynn has been made an honourary constable of the Sarnia Police Service. Submitted Photo Journal Staff @ The Sarnia Journal. A special reunion was held recently for a trio of Sarnia Police officers, paramedics and one little girl named Brodie-Lynn. City police were the first to respond to a [...]
