Sarnia’s “poor house,” properly known as the House of Refuge, was located on East Street, roughly about where the Strangway Centre and Germain Park garden offices are today.
Sarnia’s “poor house,” properly known as the House of Refuge, was located on East Street, roughly about where the Strangway Centre and Germain Park garden offices are today.
In return for lodging its residents cooked, cleaned and worked on its 60-acre farm.
Image courtesy, Sarnia Heritage Committee
