Qualtiy of Life in Bluewaterland.

Just another day in Bluewaterland.

Staff writers.



What makes a town a community?

There are a number of factors.

There are the amenities. The infrastructure. There is prosperity, and certain social values.

There is the scenery, and then there is the cost of living.

What really makes a community is its people, of course.

Sloops beating up the St. Clair River under engine power.

It's all about lifestyle, and security, and opportunity.

Sarnia-Lambton, Bluewater if you will, is all about quality of life.

That lifestyle can be as peaceful, active, elegant, or as healthy as one could wish, as Zach Neal's pictures attest.

Zach grew up in Sarnia, and he remembers the tennis lessons, sailing lessons and swimming lessons he had as a child.

It's the sort of childhood one doesn't forget.

Some like it healthy. Paddle-boards on southern Lake Huron.

We call it Bluewaterland because of all the water. Kind of a no-brainer, but there it is.

Sarnia, in terms of its small population and large area, is one of the most diverse and extensive municipalities in Ontario.

Much of that is rural, much of it is suburban, and our parks are just one set of jewels in the crown.

A saxophone on a beach. You got to like that.