Sarnia resident Laird Nixon discovered the anchor in the early 1970s in the Lampel and Zierler junkyard on south Christina Street. He paid $200 and had the over one ton anchor moved to the front lawn of his family home on Lakeshore Road. It is believed that the anchor came from a “saltie,” one of the ocean-going vessels that occasionally haul cargo on the Great Lakes. In 1997, Laird and Doris Nixon donated the artifact to the City of Sarnia. The City moved it with a front-end loader, painted it grey and displayed it at Centennial Park overlooking Sarnia Bay. As the Nixon family were water enthusiasts, and because Laird had a brother who served in the navy, the Nixon family dedicated the anchor with a plaque to the Navy and Merchant Navy of the Second World War.
Sarnia, Ontario
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DEDICATED
IN MEMORY OF THE
MEN AND WOMEN WHO
SERVED THEIR COUNTRY
IN THE NAVY
AND MERCHANT NAVY
DONATED BY
LAIRD AND DORIS
NIXON AND FAMILY
SARNIA 1997
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Navy and Merchant Navy Memorial
430 North Front Street
Sarnia
Ontario
Navy and Merchant Navy Memorial
430 North Front Street
Sarnia
Ontario
GPS Coordinates
Lat. 42.980484
Long. -82.4051997
Lat. 42.980484
Long. -82.4051997
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