CANADA 1916 2c+1c Brown KGVI Admiral on cover to SARNIA-ONT JAN 28 1918

C A N A D A

 1916 (August change of color from Red to Brown) 2cT1c Brown KGVI Admiral posted on JAN 28 1918 to Miss Carrie Lucas, 158 Euphemia Street, Sarnia, Ontario, in good condition.

A good piece of century old (103 years old) postal history for any historian who are interested in the study of postal routes related to Ontario, Canada. 

Sarnia is a city in Southwestern Ontario, Canada. It is the largest city on Lake Huron and in Lambton County. Sarnia is located on the eastern bank of the junction between the Upper and Lower Great Lakes where Lake Huron flows into the St. Clair River, which forms the Canada–United States border, directly across from Port Huron, Michigan. The site's natural harbour first attracted the French explorer La Salle. The name "Sarnia" is Latin for Guernsey, a British Channel Island. In 1829 Sir John Colborne, a former governor of Guernsey, was appointed Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada. In this capacity, he visited two small settlements in 1835 that had been laid out on the shores of Lake Huron. One of these, named "The Rapids," consisted then of 44 taxpayers, nine frame houses, four log houses, two brick dwellings, two taverns and three stores. The villagers wanted to change its name but were unable to agree on an alternative. The English settlers favoured the name "Buenos Aires," and the ethnic Scottish favoured "New Glasgow".

Sir John Colborne suggested Port Sarnia. On 4 January 1836, the name was formally adopted by a vote of 26 to 16, and Colborne also named the nearby village Moore after British military hero Sir John Moore. Sarnia adopted the nickname "The Imperial City" on 7 May 1914 because of the visit of Canada's Governor General, H.R.H. the Duke of Connaught, and his daughter Princess Patricia.

Postage & Handling

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