VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — The Coast Guard recently held a heritage recognition ceremony in Virginia Beach to honor the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Dependable (WMEC 626) and its 56 years
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Turn at the intersection of Huron and Gillard streets in Wallaceburg and then head straight south on Gillard Street. For most hours of the day on most days of the year, this section of Gillard Street is pretty quiet now. Had you made this trip anytime during the annual âsugar beet campaignâ that happened between early October and the end of February every year between 1901 (when The Wallaceburg Sugar Company first began operations) and 1960 (when The Canada and Dominion (C & D) Sugar Company shut down) you could not have missed seeing a towering smokestack belching black smoke between you and the shores of the mighty Sydenham River. That smoke stack was the exhaust pipe of the power plant of âthe Sugar factory.â