(Kimball Road at LaSalle Line) 

Logierait was named in honour of the birthplace of Canada’s second Prime Minister, Alexander Mackenzie.  Logierait was also known as Burns, after the church located there, and as Hossie Corners, for the earliest family and many of the early postmasters.  The post office was opened in 1863 at the home of David Hossie on the 12th Concession.  Logierait attracted mostly Scottish settlers who formed a Presbyterian congregation in 1863. The white brick building that marks the corner today was built in 1887.  Across the road, in what was then Sarnia Township, is the former manse built for the congregation in 1880.  The church closed in 1985 but remains as a private residence.  The other landmark that remains of Logierait is Burns Cemetery on Kimball Road.

Sources:

Carter, Floreen Ellen.  Place Names of Ontario.  Vols. 1 & 2.  London, Ont.:  Phelps Publishing Company, 1984, second printing, 1985.  ISBN 0-920298-39-7

Gibb, Addie Simpson.  “Burns District Pioneers”.  Sarnia Canadian Observer.  Lambton Centennial Series 
No. 2. Sept. 18, 1948, pg. 8.  

Johnston, A. J.  Lambton County Names and Places.  [s.l.]:  Lambton County Council, 1925, revised 1942, second edition.