Southwestern Ontario, Canada
Lambton County
Explore Lambton County’s lakeside towns and rural communities. Find beaches, parks, family outings and local favourites in the guides below.
All of Lambton County
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Grand Bend
The Blue Flag beach and its splash pad, the Pinery’s oak savanna, the river and the dance hall, a paced family Saturday and how to beat the Sunday traffic.
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Sarnia
Shipwrecks beneath familiar water, a railway tunnel under the river, and the parks, wetlands and waterfront stops we’d choose with kids.
Sarnia and nearby Point Edward
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Bright’s Grove
Maxwell’s communal experiment, the Kenwick dance-hall years and Mike Weir’s Masters story, paired with the shoreline, trail and parks for a family afternoon.
Bright’s Grove, on the eastern edge of Sarnia
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Petrolia
The oil town that taught the world to drill: Victoria Hall, a working 1860s oil field, Oil Springs next door, and the parks, market and fair days to plan around.
Petrolia, with nearby Enniskillen and Oil Springs outings
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Lambton Shores
The Ausable gorge at Rock Glen, the Forest fair, Thedford’s record and a picture house that once ran its projector off a Ford.
Forest, Thedford and Arkona
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Plympton-Wyoming
A railway-and-oil town inland, the tornado it rebuilt after, and a quiet Lake Huron shore most people drive past.
Wyoming, Camlachie and the Lake Huron shore
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St. Clair Township
Freighters, a capital that never was, rum-runners and a lost island resort, with the river trail and two museums to fill a day.
Corunna, Mooretown, Courtright, Sombra, Port Lambton, Brigden and Wilkesport
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Warwick Township
A Carnegie library, Canada’s first handmade car, an 1832 road and a wetland boardwalk, with a rodeo and a fall fair next door.
Watford, Warwick Village and the surrounding countryside
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