By Phil Egan Captain Justin Mallon thought his brother Gerald was still fighting in Italy. It was a surprise then when he saw something surprising while walking along a road near Arnhem. Men wearing his brother Gerald’s regimental shoulder patch were marching past. Moments later, the two brothers were embracing; [...]
by Lawrence A. Crich (1986) The early history of the Wellington Street School, like that of many other old schools, is very difficult to trace due to the meagreness of information to be found in the old minutes. Such minutes are in sharp contrast with the volumes written annually today. [...]
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 Daniel Punch for the Sarnia Observer (2012) Only the sound of a stiff breeze disrupted the heavy silence Sunday as Sarnia honoured its servicemen and women. More than 500 people gathered downtown to watch the 2012 Remembrance Day Parade and subsequent service at Veterans Park. The parade began at [...]
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 Paul Morden for the Sarnia Observer "Restraint" is the word that was used to describe Sarnia's VE Day celebrations, 70 years ago this month. Days after Hitler committed suicide in his Berlin bunker, Germany's military surrendered, bringing the Second World War in Europe to an end. Victory in Europe [...]
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 Liz Bernier for the Sarnia Observer (2011) Bill Gunter was 19 years old when he was captured by Japanese troops. It was 1941, and Gunter had only been a member of a British Air Force ground unit for a few months. Instead of fighting in the Second World War, [...]
by Cathy Dobson for The Sarnia Journal (2015) Life moved on for John Mills after he served overseas in the Second World War and was honourably discharged in 1946. Seventy years ago, he came home to his wife Betty in Point Edward and got down to the business of making [...]
