other waterfront parks as well as the public St. Clair Parkway Golf Course. History The River Road The St. Clair Parkway follows the route of the first settlement trail in Lambton County, and was the only passable road in the area until at least 1839. There are two conflicting stories as to the origin of a route along the Lambton riverfront: One version traces its beginnings to Point Pelee First Nations Chief O-ge-mah-be-na-sie at some point after 1807. While on an excursion, the chief was alerted to news of American raids along the St. Clair River. Hurrying home, he blazed a trail along the St. Clair River to allow other native tribes to aid in defence quickly. A second recounting places its origins nearly two centuries earlier at the hands of Joseph de La Roche Daillon. Daillon was a Franciscan Récollet who was the first European to set foot in Lambton County, spending 5years among the Huron natives in the 1620s. In both cases, the trail went on to become the main route between Lake Erie and Lake Huron. In the 1840s, it was improved into a wagon route, but otherwise retained its rough and muddy qualities until the automobile arrived at the turn of the century. The first permanent European settlers colonised along the St. Clair River beginning in 1800. In 1829, the Townships of Sombra, Moore and Sarnia were surveyed by Roswell Mount. The villages along the parkway were established in turn around this period. Baby Point was the first settlement in Lambton County, although it never grew into an incorporated village. It was instead overtaken by nearby Port Lambton, which was established by Duncan McDonald in 1820. Corunna was surveyed by Lord Beresford in 1823, with the intention of moving the parliament buildings there. In 1834, Froome and Field Talfourd established Froomfield. Sombra, originally known as Lewisville was established in 1835 by Lewis Burham. Mooretown was established by James F. Baby Jr. in 1837. Sarnia and Courtright were both settled around this period, but not named until later. Port Sarnia was named in 1836, while Courtright was not named until the arrival of the Canada Southern Railway (later the Pere Marquette Railway) after 1872. The arrival of the Erie and Huron Railway (today's Sarnia Subdivision) in 1886 temporarily supplanted the role of the muddy river road. Around this time, the Bushnell Refinery, now owned by Imperial Oil,