by Charlotte Vidal Nisbet for the Sarnia Observer [Editors Note: A 1941 story describing a fire that wrecked the Sarnia waterfront in 1896] (1941) The only Sunday morning that I know of when the bells of St. Andrew’s Church were silent and there was no gathering of our people for [...]
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 (2015) A Friday night that began with calamity and death on the St. Clair River was destined to soon become a far greater tragedy. It was near midnight on Lake Huron on August 3, 1900 as the steamer Kaliyuma prepared to enter [...]
By Phil Egan. Special to The Sarnia Journal (2015) At age six in 1953, I used to board a bus from my home on Maud Street in Point Edward to journey across town to Our Lady of Mercy School at Christina and Durand Streets. One day after school, daydreaming, I [...]
By Phil Egan, Special to The Sarnia Journal (2015) She was, in many ways, Sarnia royalty. Her grandfather was Captain Richard Emeric Vidal, one of the three founding fathers of the city. Charlotte Street was named for her. She was the daughter of Alexander Vidal, manager of the Bank of [...]
by Jim Miller for the Sarnia Observer (2003) It was arguably the greatest sporting achievement by a Sarnia-born athlete in history. Mike Weir, who grew up in Bright’s Grove, played his junior golf at Huron Oaks and attended school first at St. Michael’s and then at St. Clair Secondary School, [...]
by Stephen McKenna When I was eight years old, I was asked to speak to my class about the passing of my grandfather; Patrick Kerwin, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada. In a nervous voice I told them he was a warm and kind man who also happened [...]
by Tyler Kula for the Sarnia Observer (2015) A long-time Sarnia broadcaster, former voice of the Sarnia Imperials and Golden Bears, and founder of the Sarnia Historical Society has died. George Ludgate had a broadcast voice right up until the last few months of his life, said Al Braekevelt, a [...]
Story courtesy of the Lambton County Archives (2015) The popular Tashmoo, also known as the “Glass Hack,” was a beloved ship that provided passenger service between Detroit, Port Huron and Sarnia. The speedy paddle wheeler took countless Lambton residents on pleasant excursions down the St. Clair River between 1901 and [...]
