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Sarnia is the Latin name for Guernsey. It is used in the title of the island’s anthem, Sarnia Cherie (Dear Guernsey), and the Sarnian newspaper uses it as the basis of its name.

Sarnia is also the name of a town in Ontario, Canada. Wikipedia explains how it got its name as follows:

In 1829 Sir John Colborne, a former governor of Guernsey, was appointed Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada. In this capacity, he visited two small settlements in 1835 that had been laid out on the shores of Lake Huron. One of these, named “The Rapids,” consisted then of 44 taxpayers, nine frame houses, four log houses, two brick dwellings, two taverns and three stores. The villagers wished to change its name but were unable to agree on an alternative. The English settlers favoured the name “Buenos Aires” and the Scottish “New Glasgow”. Sir John Colborne suggested Port Sarnia. On 4 January 1836, the name was formally adopted by a vote of 26 to 16

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A body on a beach, an impossible alibi and an unstoppable race against time!

Sarnia appears in The Sarnian, the explosive adventure series in which the discovery of a dead body on one of Guernsey's most secluded beaches blows the lid on a world of intrigue and deceit.

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Sarnia in brief

You won’t find the name Sarnia on many maps relating to Guernsey, but it does form the basis of many local business names, so it lives on to the present day as well as appearing in the island’s own anthem.

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This web site, and its contents, are here to support The Sarnian, a series of books set on and around the Channel Islands, and Guernsey in particular. It started as a means of keeping track of each character so that their features, loves, desires, abilities, looks and so on didn't change from book to book and has grown to become a complete encyclopedia of the series. Unless otherwise stated, the images included on this site were taken by The Sarnian author, Nik Rawlinson, who is also the author of the content.