Sarnia Observer: February 6th 1880 Of the Church of Our Lady of Mercy on Sunday Last - Large Congregation- Sketch of the Sermon Delivered by His Lordship, Rt.- Rev. Bishop Walsh and of Father Kilroy’s Lecture On Sunday last the new Roman Catholic church of this town - a full [...]
Sarnia Observer: January 30th 1880 Magnificent and Imposing Edifice. One of the Finest in Western Canada Readers of The Observer are aware that, during the past two years, a new house of worship has been in process of erection in this town for the congregation of the Roman Catholic [Church]. [...]
by Jean Turnbull Elford (1982) Beginning with British rule in the northern part of this continent, land was acquired from the Indians as it was needed for new settlers. Because of legislation passed in 1763, no Indian band forfeited their land without their own and the Crown’s consent. The Indians [...]
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 [...]
by Kip Cuthbert for the Sarnia Historical Society (2015) One of Sarnia’s first parks was also one of the town’s lost parks. Back in 1879, a summer park surrounding Lake Chipican was created on Grand Trunk Railway land (present day Canatara Park) called International Park. The park contained buildings [...]
By Steven McKenna (2015) The year was 1889 when Patrick Grandcourt Kerwin was born in Sarnia, Ontario in what was a young Canadian nation where residents were considered British subjects. Queen Victoria was the monarch and the Prime Minister of the day was Sir John A. Macdonald, leader of the [...]
By Phil Egan – Special to the Sarnia Journal, Then and Now. Sarnians passing by the River City Vineyard church and homeless shelter on Mitton Street might be surprised to learn that this location was once the heartbeat of one of Sarnia’s most celebrated industries. It happened like this. In [...]
Courtesy of Sarnia Lambton Economic Partnership (2015) Imperial Oil Products & Chemicals Division has deep roots in Lambton County. Its corporate history dates to September 8, 1880, when 16 Canadians involved in the early oil industry combined their resources to form the Imperial Oil Company. The original head office was [...]
by Stephen Huebl (2005) Over the past 100 years, the Sarnia Lambton Chamber of Commerce has played an active and vital role in Sarnia Lambton's growth. But even before its official incorporation in 1905, the Chamber can trace its roots back to the late 1800s. It all started on Feb. [...]
by Lawrence A. Crich (1986) Any attempt to get a clear picture of education in Sarnia prior to 1860 is met with frustration. This can probably be better understood when one realizes that the first Sarnia Board of Education was formed only in 1851 and the first recorded surviving minutes [...]
