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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 .
Oil Springs Mayor: Ian Veen Petrolia Mayor: John McCharles Plympton-Wyoming Mayor: Lonny Napper (acclaimed) Point Edward Mayor: Larry MacKenzie (acclaimed) Sarnia Mayor: Mike Bradley: Sarnia Councillor: Anne Marie Gillis Sarnia Councillor: Bev MacDougall Sarnia Councillor: Andy Bruziewicz Sarnia Councillor: Dave Boushy St. Clair Mayor: Steve ...
Petrolia is a town in southwestern Ontario, Canada.It is part of Lambton County and is surrounded by Enniskillen Township.It is billed as "Canada's Victorian Oil Town" and is often credited with starting the oil industry in North America, a claim shared with the nearby town of Oil Springs.
Oil Springs may refer to: Canada. Oil Springs, Ontario, a village in Lambton County, Ontario; United States. Oil Springs, Kentucky, an unincorporated community in ...
You’d better call the office in Houston and tell ‘em there’s a problem.” Even today, a full decade later, hope springs eternal. — Mac Gordon, a retired newspaperman, is a native of McComb.
Dresden's post-office opened in 1854, [20]: 56 col.1 and the first permanent crossing over the Sydenham, a wooden swing-bridge, was erected in 1864. [6]: 11–12 By 1865, Dresden was starting to enlarge, with an estimated population of 500; [25] its principal business was the shipping of squared-up timber, staves, and cordwood. [26]
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
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.