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  2. Oil Springs, Ontario - Wikipedia

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    Oil Springs is a village in Lambton County, Ontario, Canada, located along Former Provincial Highway 21 south of Oil City. The village, an enclave within Enniskillen Township , is the site of North America's first commercial oil well .

  3. Oil Museum of Canada - Wikipedia

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    The Oil Museum of Canada, is a petroleum heritage museum in Oil Springs, Ontario, Canada. The museum is located on the site where James Miller Williams dug the first commercial oil well on the continent in 1858. [1] [2]

  4. John Shaw (oil driller) - Wikipedia

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    John Shaw (c. 1831-July 1871) was an American oil driller, businessman and photographer. Shaw is best known for striking Canada's first oil gusher at Oil Springs on January 16, 1862. [1] [2] Shaw's oil gusher marked the beginning of the first oil boom in Enniskillen Township, as speculators rushed to Oil Springs seeking similar fortunes. [1] [3]

  5. List of industrial heritage sites - Wikipedia

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    First Commercial Oil Field National Historic Site Oil Springs, Ontario: Canada: 1925 The site contains the first commercial oil well in the world, the first drilled well in Canada, the first gumbeds that were commercially used in the world, and the first gas gusher in Canada. [30] Forges du Saint-Maurice: Trois-Rivières, Quebec: Canada: 1920

  6. Ontario Highway 21 - Wikipedia

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    As a result of the ensuing oil boom, which would begin the petroleum industry in North America, Williams laid out the village and changed its name to Oil Springs. Two competing plank road companies were formed, the Black Creek Plank Road Company (of which Williams was a principal investor) and the Sarnia to Florence Plank Road Company, both of ...

  7. Oil Springs riot - Wikipedia

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    On March 14, 1863, a race riot broke out in Oil Springs, located on what is now known as Centre Street in Sarnia-Lambton County, Ontario. The race riot consisted of 80-100 white Americans coming together and burning down the homes of black Canadians on what is now Centre Street, causing them to flee to safety in the woods [1] The reason behind the race riot was in large part due to white ...

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  9. List of National Historic Sites of Canada in Ontario - Wikipedia

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    Oil Springs 42°47′0.3″N 82°7′0.38″W  /  42.783417°N 82.1167722°W  / 42.783417; -82.1167722  ( First Commercial Oil The site of the first commercial oil well in the world, the first drilled well in Canada, the first gumbeds that were commercially used in the world, and the first gas gusher in Canada