Destinations & day trips · 2026-09-21 · 8-minute read
London, Ontario to Sarnia by car is 100 kilometres and an hour and five minutes - the 402 west from London's south side through Strathroy's exits to the city and the Blue Water Bridge - at a LondonLimo.net planning figure of $195-235 plus HST for a business sedan, $235-285 for an executive SUV and $390-470 for a Sprinter, fixed before the car arrives, to the Chemical Valley's plants on Vidal Street and in Corunna at $200-240 with their gate procedures, Bluewater Health's Sarnia hospital, the waterfront and Canatara Park, Point Edward's casino and the Blue Water Bridge to Port Huron at $290-350 on the cross-border rules, Bright's Grove and the Huron shore, and Lambton College. A contractor's or a turnaround crew's day is by the hour or a chain of runs on the corporate account; the Sarnia page has the destination, and this article is the 402 run for the engineer, the patient and the bridge.
The run, and the drops
| Drop | Where | From London | Sedan, planning figure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downtown Sarnia, the waterfront, Bluewater Health | Christina Street; Mitton Street | 1 h 05 | $195-235 | The hospital's Mitton entrance |
| The Chemical Valley plants, Vidal Street, Corunna | The St. Clair River's shore south of the city | 1 h 10 | $200-240 | The gates' procedures; the shift change at 7 and 3 |
| Point Edward, the casino, the Blue Water Bridge | Venetian Boulevard; the bridge's plaza | 1 h 05 | $195-235 | The casino's porte-cochere |
| Bright's Grove, Camlachie, the Huron shore | Lakeshore Road north | 1 h 15 | $205-245 | The cottage lanes |
| Lambton College | London Road | 1 h | $195-235 | The main entrance's loop |
| Canatara Park and the beach | Lake Chipican Drive | 1 h 05 | $195-235 | The park's lot; the beach's season |
| Port Huron, Michigan | Across the Blue Water Bridge | 1 h 20 + border | $290-350 | Passports; the cross-border page |
| Sarnia day, hourly, chauffeur waiting | - | - | $95-115 / h | 3 h minimum plus the run |
LondonLimo.net planning figures before HST; the Tourism Sarnia-Lambton site has the city.
The 402, in detail
Wellington Road or Wonderland Road to the 402 at London's south edge, the highway west past the Komoka and Delaware exits, Strathroy's two exits at 65 and 56, the long flat run through Lambton's farms past the Forest exit at 34 and the Oil Springs road, and the city's exits at Modeland Road, Indian Road and Christina Street before the bridge's plaza; an hour and five minutes, and the Wikipedia article on the 402 has the highway.
The Chemical Valley, in detail
The plants along the St. Clair River's shore from Sarnia's south end through Vidal Street to Corunna and Courtright - the refineries, the polymer plants, the chemical works - each with a gate, a visitors' procedure, a badge and a safety briefing; a London engineer's or a contractor's run to the gate at 7:30 with the procedure cleared the week before, and the shift change at 7 and 3 that fills Vidal Street; the corporate page has the account and the business page London's engineering firms that serve the Valley.
The turnaround crew
A plant's turnaround brings the contractors' crews from London for six weeks of twelve-hour shifts, and the desk runs a Sprinter's shuttle from a London hotel or the crew's homes to the gate at 5:30 and back at 6:30 on the group transportation page's manifest, invoiced monthly; the hotels page has the crews' hotels.
The hospital
Bluewater Health's Sarnia hospital on Mitton Street with the main entrance and the cancer clinic; a Sarnia patient's referral to London's University Hospital or Victoria and a London patient's to Sarnia's clinic are the same run in each direction with the return held open; the medical page has the referrals and the out-of-town patients article the Sarnia family's day in London.
The waterfront, Canatara and Bright's Grove
Sarnia's waterfront park along the river with the bridge above, Canatara Park's beach on Lake Huron with the animal farm for the children, Bright's Grove's cottages and the Huron shore north to Camlachie; a London family's summer Saturday by the hour with the beach at 11 and dinner on the waterfront; the Grand Bend article has the shore's other end.
Point Edward and the casino
Point Edward's casino at the bridge's foot with the porte-cochere on Venetian Boulevard, the slots and the tables, and the OLG's rules; a London couple's evening is two fixed fares with the return by text, and the Gateway casino article has the casino night's pattern.
The Blue Water Bridge, and Port Huron
The twin spans to Port Huron with the CBSA's and the CBP's plazas, the trucks' lanes and the cars', and Port Huron's downtown, Marysville's plants and the I-94 to Detroit's north side; a chauffeured crossing on the cross-border page's rules with the passports scanned the week before, at $290-350 to Port Huron, and the cross-border article has the documents.
Lambton College
The college on London Road with the main entrance's loop, the residences and the trades' shops; a London family's move-in and convocation by the hour, and the universities page has the pattern.
The winter 402, honestly
The 402 crosses Lambton's open farmland with Lake Huron's squalls blowing across it on a northwest wind, drifts on the flat and closes once or twice a winter between Strathroy and Sarnia; the chauffeur leaves thirty minutes earlier from December to February on winter tires with the Ontario 511 cameras watched, and the winter article has the rules.
Three Sarnia runs, as they went
A polymer plant's gate, an engineer, a Tuesday. Byron at 6:15, the Vidal Street gate at 7:20 with the badge, the return at 4:30, home at 5:40. Two sedan fares at $220.
A turnaround crew of twelve, six weeks in October. The Sprinter from a Wellington Road hotel at 5:15 each morning and the gate, the return at 6:30 each evening; invoiced monthly.
A Canatara beach day, a family of four, a Saturday in July. Masonville at 9:30 in the SUV, the beach at 10:40, the waterfront for dinner, home at 8:30. Eleven hours by the hour.
Booking it
The run is a fixed fare on the reservation engine with the Sarnia address; the plant's gate, the crew's shuttle and the crossing are one email to the desk; the Sarnia page has the destination.
Three questions the desk is asked about Sarnia
Can the chauffeur enter the plant? No - the drop is at the visitors' gate and the plant's own transport takes the passenger inside; the chauffeur waits at the gate's lot or returns for the booked time.
Is there a train to Sarnia? VIA's Sarnia line runs from London in about an hour and a quarter to the station on Green Street; a solo traveller to downtown takes it, and the car wins for the plants, the hospital and the bridge.
Can we cross to Port Huron for the day? Yes - with the passports scanned the week before on the cross-border page's rules, at $290-350 each way; the FAQ has the rest.
The 402, in detail
Wellington Road's or Wonderland's interchange with the 402 at London's south edge, the highway west past the Komoka and Delaware exits, Strathroy's exits at 65 and 56 with the town's hospital and Legion, the long flat through Lambton's farms past the Forest exit at 34 for Grand Bend and the Oil Springs road, the Modeland Road exit for the north, Indian Road for the plants' south road and Christina Street for the downtown, and the bridge's plaza at the highway's end; an hour and five minutes, and the Wikipedia article on the 402 has the highway.
The Chemical Valley, in detail
The refineries, the polymer plants and the chemical works along the St. Clair River's shore from the city's south end through Vidal Street to Corunna and Courtright, each with its gate on Vidal or the county road, its visitors' centre, its badge and its safety briefing; the shift change at 7 and 3 that fills Vidal Street and the Indian Road interchange, and the desk's drop at 7:30 or 8:15 to miss it; the Sarnia page has the plants' addresses and the business page London's engineering firms.
The turnaround crew, in detail
A plant's turnaround brings a contractor's crew of twelve to forty from London for four to eight weeks of twelve-hour shifts, and the desk runs a Sprinter's or a minicoach's shuttle from a Wellington Road hotel or the crew's homes on London's west side to the gate at 5:30 and back at 6:30, on the group transportation page's manifest, invoiced monthly to the contractor; the hotels page has the crews' hotels.
Bluewater Health, in detail
The Sarnia hospital on Mitton Street with the main entrance, the emergency department and the cancer clinic; a London patient's referral to the clinic and a Sarnia patient's to University Hospital or Victoria with the return held open, and the hospital wait article has the car that waits.
The waterfront and Canatara, in detail
Centennial Park's waterfront along the river below the bridge with the marina and the trail, Canatara Park's beach on Lake Huron with the animal farm and the picnic grounds, and the summer's festivals on the waterfront; a family's Saturday by the hour with the beach at 11, and the hourly page has the day.
Point Edward's casino, in detail
The casino at the bridge's foot on Venetian Boulevard with the porte-cochere, the slots and the tables under the OLG's rules, and the restaurants; a London couple's evening is two fixed fares with the return by text, and the casino trips page has the service.
The Blue Water Bridge, in detail
The twin spans from Point Edward to Port Huron with the CBSA's plaza on the Canadian side and the CBP's on the American, the trucks' lanes and the cars', and Port Huron's downtown, the I-94 to Detroit's north side and the I-69 to Flint and Chicago; the cross-border article has the documents and the Blue Water Bridge site the waits.
Booking checklist for the Sarnia run
The date and the time; the pickup; the Sarnia address or the plant's gate; the gate's procedure; the return, fixed or open; the vehicle; the numbers; the passports if crossing; the card. Nine lines to the desk or a fixed fare on the reservation engine.
The honest summary
An hour and five minutes down the 402 to the plants, the hospital and the bridge at $195-235 for a sedan, with the shift change avoided and the squalls in the plan; the Sarnia page has the destination.
A worked example: the contractor's account
A London mechanical contractor with a six-week turnaround at a Corunna plant asked the desk for the crew's transport: a Sprinter from a Wellington Road hotel at 5:15 each morning to the gate for the 6 o'clock briefing, the return at 6:30 each evening, a second Sprinter for the night shift's crew at 5:15 p.m. and 6:30 a.m., and the crew's flights met at YXU and Pearson on the first weekend; two Sprinters by the hour on a monthly invoice with the group transportation page's manifest, and the hotels page had the crew's rooms. The desk's honest note was that the 402's squalls in February would move the morning's departure by thirty minutes on the days the cameras showed them.
The desk's rule of thumb
An hour and five minutes; $195-235 for a sedan and $200-240 to the Valley's gates, fixed; the gate's procedure the week before; the drop at 7:30 or 8:15 to miss the shift change; the crew's shuttle on a manifest; and the passports for Port Huron. The Sarnia page has the destination.
Booking it, in one line
The run is a fixed fare on the reservation engine with the Sarnia address; the gate, the crew's shuttle and the crossing are one email to the desk.
