‘Voices of Lambton’s Past’: How our county got its name

  By BOB McCARTHY LambtonShield.com The area now known as Lambton County was at first a part of the District of Hesse and later a part of the County of Kent. In 1849, Lambton County became an entity of its own, its name recognizing the Earl of Durham whose birthplace was Lambton Castle in England [...]