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Corunna, Ontario

St. Clair
Township (lower-tier)
Township of St. Clair
View of St. Clair River from Port Lambton
View of St. Clair River from Port Lambton
St. Clair is located in Southern Ontario
St. Clair
St. Clair
Coordinates: 42°47′N 82°21′W / 42.783°N 82.350°W / 42.783; -82.350Coordinates: 42°47′N 82°21′W / 42.783°N 82.350°W / 42.783; -82.350
Country  Canada
Province  Ontario
County Lambton
Formed 2001
Government
 • Mayor Steve Arnold
 • Federal riding Sarnia—Lambton
 • Prov. riding Sarnia—Lambton
Area
 • Land 619.17 km2 (239.06 sq mi)
Population (2016)
 • Total 14,086
 • Density 22.8/km2 (59/sq mi)
Time zone EST (UTC-5)
 • Summer (DST) EDT (UTC-4)
Postal Code N0N & N0P
Area code(s) 519, 226, and 548
Website www.twp.stclair.on.ca

St. Clair is a township in southwestern Ontario, Canada, immediately south of Sarnia in Lambton County, along the eastern shores of the St. Clair River.

The township comprises the communities of Avonry, Babys Point, Blecher, Bickford, Bradshaw, Brigden, Charlemont, Colinville, Courtright, Corunna, Cromar, Duthill, Frog Point, Froomfield, Kimball, Ladysmith, Moore Centre, Mooretown, Osborne, Payne, Port Lambton, Port Seckerton, Sombra, Sykeston, Thornyhurst, Vye's Grove, Waubuno, West Becher, Wilkesport.


Corunna

Port Lambton

Sombra

In 1823, Lord Hicks surveyed the town site of Corunna, naming it after the Battle of Corunna in Spain. He chose to name the site after the town A Coruña in Spain because he had spent considerable time there during the Napoleonic Wars. The town's name also owes itself to one of Beresford's commanders, Sir John Moore, who died at the hands of French forces in the Battle of Corunna. Beresford had been sent on a mission to find a suitable capital for a future union between the colonies of Upper Canada (Ontario) and Lower Canada (Quebec). Corunna was not chosen, as it was seen as being too close to the Canada–US border—in the 1820s–1830s, the prospect of an Irish Fenian raid from the United States was considered a serious threat to the British colonies. Today, a small stone cairn stands along Baird Street, near the CSX north-south train track that divides the town. The cairn marks the spot where survey crews planned to build St. George's Square, the area that was to house the Parliament Buildings.


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