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Originally appearing in Volume V24, Page 220 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SARNIA , a See also:

town and See also:port of entry, See also:Ontario, See also:Canada, See also:capital of Lambton 'See also:county, 55 M. N.E. of See also:Detroit, on the See also:left See also:bank of the See also:river St Clair. Pop. (1901) 8176. It is on the See also:Grand See also:Trunk and See also:Lake See also:Erie & Detroit River See also:railways, and is a port of See also:call for steamers plying on the See also:Great Lakes. It contains a large oil-refinery which handles the greater See also:part of the product of the Ontario oil region. The Grand Trunk railway crosses the river at this point by the St Clair See also:tunnel, 6025 ft. See also:long or, including the approaches, 24 m., which connects the town with the See also:American See also:city of Port See also:Huron (See also:Michigan).

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