Point Edward 1679-1981

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 [...]

2015-09-03T17:24:21-04:00September 3rd, 2015|Comments Off on Point Edward 1679-1981

The Day the Railroad Came to Town

By Phil Egan special for The Sarnia Journal We breeze along the 402 Highway today with exasperation if a construction delay makes our journey longer than an hour. For Sarnia’s early settlers, it was never that easy. Founding father Malcolm Cameron had built the road to London, but from spring [...]

2015-08-29T19:20:23-04:00August 29th, 2015|Comments Off on The Day the Railroad Came to Town

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