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Sarnia
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The land south and east of
SARNIA
, a border town 100km west of London, was one of the last parts of southern Ontario to be cleared and settled, as its heavy clay soil was difficult to plough and became almost impassable in rain. Established as a lumber port in 1863, Sarnia is a negligible place in itself, but offers the nearest accommodation to a couple of the region's minor sights.
With connecting services to London, Toronto, Port Huron in Michigan, and Chicago, Sarnia's
train station
is on the southern edge of town, at the end of Russell Street, an $8 taxi ride from the workaday gridiron that serves as the town centre. The (moveable) Greyhound
bus depot
is currently located beside the Kwikway supermarket at Exmouth and Capel - but long-distance services are few and far between. The municipal
tourist office
is ten-minutes' walk west from the bus depot at 224 Vidal St N and George (Mon-Fri 9am-5pm; tel 519/336-3232 or 1-800/265-0316), a couple of blocks back from the waterfront. There's also an
Ontario Travel Information Centre
on the northern side of the centre, beside the approach road to the Bluewater Bridge over to the US (mid-May to mid-June Mon-Thurs & Sun 8.30am-6pm, Fri & Sat 8am-8pm; late June to Aug daily 8am-8pm; Sept to mid-May daily 8.30am-5pm; tel 519/344-7403). Both offices have details of local
accommodation
, which includes a reasonable selection of chain motels strung out along London Road, one of the main drags running south of (and parallel to) Hwy 402. There's also a handful of
B&Bs
(from around $40), including
ZoAĞ's B&B
, 286 Vidal St N (tel 519/332-0511, fax 332-4318,
zoesbb@tct.net
; $40-60), which occupies a pleasantly restored old house and has four guestrooms with shared bathroom. Other useful information
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Canada,
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