The County of Lambton Emergency Medical Services (EMS) provides land ambulance services to the residents of Lambton County. Highway 402 ends in Sarnia at the Blue Water Bridge, where it meets at the U.S.The Blue Water Bridges Infrastructure Highways Top animal production includes dairy, beef, hog, and poultry. Oats, barley and mixed grains are also produced. The fourth and fifth leading crops are sugar beets and hay. Over the last 20 years, soybeans, wheat, and grain corn have accounted for over 80% of total area crop production in Lambton. The largest single use of farmland in Lambton is crop production, with 85% of total farmland reported as land in crops. Lambton County has 2,346 farms with a total of 592,793 acres. Clair River, and a conservation area named Rock Glen Falls near Arkona along the Ausauble River internationally known for its Devonian period fossils. There are also popular conservation areas along the St. The part of Lambton County along Lake Huron known as Lambton Shores depends almost entirely upon the seasonal industries of tourism and agriculture for its well-being. The community of Grand Bend and the Pinery Provincial Park are especially popular tourist destinations, attracting thousands of people each week throughout the summer to their long, uninterrupted beaches. Tourism is another important industry in Lambton County, especially along the lake and river. Lambton County is the site of North America's first drilled commercial oil well at Oil Springs in 1858. In late 2010 and early 2011 a number of companies announced plans to provide ethane from the Marcellus Shale in the United States to Lambton County industries, providing a potential new feedstock for the production of ethylene in Lambton County. Clair River is home to a major processing centre for oil from Alberta. Established during World War II, Sarnia and the area along the St. Petrochemical and refining is the largest manufacturing sector in Lambton County's economy. Of those, 9,760 (14.7%) are employed in manufacturing 7,545 (11.4%) in retail trade 5,080 (7.7%) in accommodation and food services and 3,155 (4.8%) are employed in agriculture. Total employment for Lambton County is 66,370. Aamjiwnaang First Nation, located near many of the refineries in Sarnia's Chemical ValleyĪs a census division in the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Lambton County had a population of 128,154 living in 55,205 of its 60,322 total private dwellings, a change of 1.2% from its 2016 population of 126,638.Chippewas of Kettle and Stony Point First Nation, in the Kettle Point area.Independent of the County, but located within the Lambton census division, are three First Nations reserves: Lambton County consists of 11 municipalities (in order of population): Along with Sarnia, the population centres in Lambton County are: Corunna, Petrolia, Grand Bend, Wyoming, Forest, and Watford. The CN rail tunnel accommodates double stacked rail cars. The river is also traversed by one passenger ferry further south, and a rail tunnel, also at Sarnia, runs underneath it. The bridges are one of the busiest border crossings between the two countries. The two Blue Water Bridges cross the river at Sarnia, connecting it to Port Huron, Michigan. The largest city in Lambton County is Sarnia, which is located at the source of the St. The county seat is in the Town of Plympton-Wyoming. Lambton County's northeastern border follows the Ausable River and Parkhill Creek north until it reaches Lake Huron at the beach community of Grand Bend. To the south is Lake Saint Clair and Chatham-Kent. Clair River, the county's western border and part of the Canada- United States border. It is bordered on the north by Lake Huron, which is drained by the St. Lambton County is a county in Southwestern Ontario, Canada.
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