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Sombra, ON (Nearby: Port Lambton, Courtright, Walpole Island, Wallaceburg, Wilkesport, Mooretown)

3468 St. Clair Pky
Sombra, Ontario
N0P 2H0

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Pop. 280. In Sombra T., Lambton C., on the St. Clair.R. and St. Clair Parkway and C. Rd. 2, linked to Marine City, MI, by ferry service, 32 km S of Sarnia.
Abraham Smith and Samuel H. Burnham, who arrived in 1821, were the first settlers. The place was fIrst called Shawanese. but was later named Sombra by Lt.-Gov. Sir Peregrine Maitland in 1822.
Maitland had served in Spain’s Peninsular War, liked the Spanish language and tossed its words around Ontario as place names. Sombra is Spanish for 'shade,' and referred to the area's shady forests.

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Off the beaten track:	Thornyhurst, 5km Port Lambton, 7km Babys Point, Port Lambton area, 8km Bickford, 7km Whitebread, 9km Duthill, 8km Ladysmith, 10km Walpole Island, 12km Wilkesport, 10km West Becher, 11km Avonry, 11km Becher, 12km Payne, Sarnia area, 15km Terminus, 12km Wallaceburg, 15km Seckerton, 16km Kimball, 15km	Waubuno, 15km Moore Centre, 17km Froomfield, 22km Colinville, 20km Bradshaw, Oil Springs area, 17km Charlemont, 18km Brigden, 19km Cromar, 20km Electric, 24km Beaver Meadow, 19km Oldfield, 23km Tupperville, 22km Baldoon, 27km Dawn Valley, 21km Lucasville, 27km Sykeston, 25km Coronation Park, 30km	Sherwood Village, 30km High Park, Sarnia area, 31km Fourth Line, 30km Osborne, Sarnia area, 28km Bunyan, 30km Wiltshire Park, 32km Woodland, Sarnia area, 33km Bentpath, 25km Oungah, 30km Oak Acres, 33km Woodrow Beach, 34km Woodrowe Shores, 34km Oakwood Corners, 34km Wees Beach, 34km Bear Line, 33km Mitchell's Bay, 37km
Nearby Lakes:	Goose Lake, 22km Snooks Lake, 23km Stub Lake, 23km South Pond, 24km Goose Lake, 25km Club House Pond, 26km Lake Chipican, 33km Lake St. Clair, 35km The Mill Pond, 60km Bush Pond, 81km Sanctuary Pond, 81km West Cranberry Pond, 82km East Cranberry Pond, 82km Lake Pond, 83km Girardin Pond, 84km Round Pond, 84km Redhead Pond, 85km	International Lake, 84km Lake Henry, 99km Fox Lagoon, 110km Morrison Lake, 110km The Cove, 102km Tricks Pond, 121km Bell's Pond, 103km Walkers Pond, 106km Westminster Ponds, 106km Union Pond, 105km Pinafore Lake, 106km Pond Mills, 108km Sanders Pond, 107km Tennants Pond, 111km Fanshawe Lake, 113km Lake Erie, 115km Foster Ponds, 116km	Beattie Pond, 117km White's Pond, 117km Mill Pond, 119km Springwater Pond, 119km Mud Lakes, 120km Mud Lake, 151km Lake Whittaker, 126km Sunova Lake, 131km Wildwood Lake, 132km Harrington Pond, 135km Purvis Lake, 160km Mud Lake, 132km Embro Pond, 138km Spring Lake, 134km Wraith's Lake, 164km Lake Victoria, 143km

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