by Jean Turnbull Elford writing in Upper Canada’s last Frontier (1982) Lambton had three railway lines when the question of bonusing the Erie and Huron arose. This line was to extend north from Erieau on Lake Erie to Sarnia. As well as giving local service, it was to be a [...]
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 [...]
by Jean Turnbull Elford writing in Canada West’s Last Frontier (1982) Nothing could look better to the pioneers of Lambton than a railway when what roads they had were almost impassable and water transportation was halted by ice for months on end. In 1836 with commendable optimism the settlers of [...]
by Jean Turnbull Elford writing in Canada West’s Last Frontier The earliest ferry to run between Sarnia and Port Huron was a sailboat. A Sarnia named Crampton got a license to run her in 1836. In the 1840s a horse-powered ferry began to run with George Moffat in charge. Julius [...]
By Phil Egan, Special to The Sarnia Journal (2015) She was, in many ways, Sarnia royalty. Her grandfather was Captain Richard Emeric Vidal, one of the three founding fathers of the city. Charlotte Street was named for her. She was the daughter of Alexander Vidal, manager of the Bank of [...]
Story courtesy of the Lambton County Archives (2015) The popular Tashmoo, also known as the “Glass Hack,” was a beloved ship that provided passenger service between Detroit, Port Huron and Sarnia. The speedy paddle wheeler took countless Lambton residents on pleasant excursions down the St. Clair River between 1901 and [...]
by Phil Egan Mary Alice Moon had already lost two sons to the war. She was determined not to lose a third. The Edmonton mother had seen sons Kris, John and William answer the call to King and Country by enlisting in the RCAF in World War II. When John [...]
by Scott Stephenson for the Sarnia Observer (2003) Twice, the St. Clair River has been spanned by steel, linking two nations bound together through friendship and trade. On July 12, 1997 girl guides Heather Stuart, 11, of Sarnia and Desiree Lee, 9, of Michigan, exchanged Canadian and American flags across [...]
by Phil Egan (2015) It sits quietly on the lawn in front of the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 62 on Front Street. Its massive gun is silent, but the battle tank “Calamity” still carries an unmistakeable air of deadly menace. As you might expect, there is a story behind it. [...]
by Scott Stephenson for the Sarnia Observer (2003) A silver arch of steel standing out like a rainbow in the sky above the St. Clair River. That’s as fitting a description today as it was on Oct. 8, 1938 when the original Blue Water Bridge was officially opened to the [...]
