by George Mathewson for The Sarnia Journal (2014) City councillors seemed to surprise even themselves last week by granting the condemned Cull Drain Bridge a second chance at life. In a unanimous vote, city council agreed to spend $230,000 to demolish the bridge but save its steel trusses, which will [...]
by George Mathewson for The Sarnia Journal (2014) It’s an old rusty bridge that goes nowhere. Yet on June 4, the gymnasium of Bright’s Grove Public School filled up with a standing-room only crowd of nearly 200 vocal residents eager to talk about the Cull Drain Bridge. The scenic bridge [...]
by Paul Morden for the Sarnia Observer (2012) The future of a more than century-old steel bridge on Sarnia’s lakefront is undetermined, for now. Built in 1910, the span crosses the Cull Drain, also known as Perch Creek, on Old Lakeshore Road, but has only been used by pedestrians and [...]
by George Mathewson for The Sarnia Journal (2015) With its graceful spire and 37 stained glass windows, Our Lady of Mercy Church has been one of Sarnia’s finest buildings since its inception 137 years ago. But to my mind, one of its nicest features is the warm, yellow brick from [...]
