A journalist for the Sarnia Observer (past) and The Sarnia Journal (present)
by George Mathewson for the Sarnia Observer (2003) Angler Don Chalmers has caught some big fish, but nothing like the whopper he hooked in August of 2000. The retired autoworker was down-rigging in Lake Huron when his fish-finder detected something massive on the bottom in 75 feet of water. Curious, [...]
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 [...]
by George Mathewson for the Sarnia Observer (2003) John Raeside Gemmill had lofty hopes when he started (the Observer). From a home-based printing plant at Davis and Christina streets he cranked out a lively weekly that struck a chord immediately. Within a month, one of every 12 residents in the [...]
by George Mathewson for The Sarnia Journal (2015) Today we offer another first hand glimpse (of Sarnia) through the eyes of one Julia Marie Jones, who, in the summer of 1830, kept a journal of her transatlantic crossing and arrival in Upper Canada. Julia was the spirited daughter of Henry [...]
By George Mathewson for The Sarnia Journal (2015) In the year 1827, an intrepid 16-year old named Freeman Talbot disembarked at “The Rapids” as part of a survey team tasked with plotting out the future Sarnia and Moore Townships. Over the next five months, Talbot explored the dense and unbroken [...]
