Government Born in a Tavern

by Phil Egan George Durand arrived in Sarnia in 1833, driving a team of oxen with a wagon laden containing goods to provision “The Rapids’” first store. He was here before Captain Richard Vidal and the great influx of English and Scottish settlers. A report in 1834 reveals that this [...]

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George Durand: A Sarnia Founding Father

by Phil Egan Special for The Sarnia Journal He arrived by way of London and the old Errol Road, driving a team of oxen and a cart filled with goods he intended to sell. His destination was the collection of log shanties huddled together at “The Rapids.” He was 28 [...]

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