London’s Loss was Sarnia’s Gain

by Paul Morden for the Sarnia Observer (2014) Sarnia was actually Canada’s  second, or perhaps even third, Chemical Valley. By 1914, the year Sarnia became a city, its Imperial Oil refinery employed 1,200 workers, covered nearly 110 acres on the St. Clair River and manufactured products ranging from kerosene to [...]

2015-06-22T15:26:20-04:00June 22nd, 2015|Comments Off on London’s Loss was Sarnia’s Gain

Imperial Oil Launched a New Industry

by the Sarnia Observer (2003) When officials from the Imperial Oil company came before Sarnia council in 1897 seeking a tax break in exchange for expanding its refinery, town officials considered it too good a deal to pass up. So did The Observer, which praised the deal, declaring it would [...]

2015-06-22T15:07:22-04:00June 22nd, 2015|Comments Off on Imperial Oil Launched a New Industry
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