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The Grand Trunk Railway

by Jean Turnbull Elford writing in Upper Canada’s Last Frontier (1982) The opening of a line between Port Huron and Chicago in 1879 brought a great increase in traffic to both the Great Western and the Grand Trunk. Three years later, the two lines amalgamated under the Grand Trunk name [...]

Ron Smith2022-06-15T21:44:44-04:00August 13th, 2015|Comments Off

Rum-Running was Once a Lucrative Trade
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Rum-Running was Once a Lucrative Trade

Rum-Running was Once a Lucrative Trade

by George Mathewson for the Sarnia Observer (2003) From the illicit rum-running of “Scarface” Capone to the location of the Sarnia Golf & Curling Club lounge, alcohol helped shape the social history of Sarnia-Lambton. With its miles of lonely shoreline, the St. Clair River was a porous border for rum-runners [...]

Ron Smith2015-08-26T01:37:20-04:00June 23rd, 2015|Comments Off