whats new Petrolia - Canada's Victorian Oil Town


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Welcome to the Petrolia Heritage Web site

                             

For hundreds of years the natives had scooped up oil from the swampy forests of Enniskillen Township. Finally in the late ca.1850s men from the Central USA found this oil and dug down to capture it. It was used for lubricants and later found to be a smokeless alternative to whale oil in lamps. This website is dedicated to these men and the industry that they built. Please enjoy the pictures of these men and what they left to history.

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Many a community has lamented the loss of a much loved landmark. I know of none however that have ever regretted saving a beautiful historic building or place.
Michael Seaman, Vice Chair and Ontario Governor of the Heritage Canada Foundation


View of Crescent Park looking south ca.1908 
                                                                                                       

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New pics on Wanstead page




LCCVI 1960-61 YEARBOOK





LCCVI 1962-3 YEARBOOK




LCCVI 1958-9 YEARBOOK




LCCVI 1966 YEARBOOK





PETROLIA WALKING TOUR





LCCVI 1969 YEARBOOK





LCCVI 1963-4 YEARBOOK





1915 CANADA OIL BOOK





LCCVI HISTORY

Fairbank Invitation 1892


New Pics on Marthaville page


CLIPS 6 (VPP, Lorne Henderson)


Oil well picture from ca.1967 Topic


3 new and Amazing ca.1913 car and train post cards on Alvinston page


Interesting 'Penny Farthing' in parade picture


Early 'Screw' Drilling Method


Jake Englehart Album


New postcard on Downtown Page


Bottles found here


NEW PETROLIA DOCUMENTARY



Bob Bailey Page with MPP pictorial history



Lorne Henderson and VPP pictures



GLENVIEW GOLF SCORE CARD



Knox Field



ca.1880s Keystone Stereoview slides and A.F. Yerkes Photo



Baku Oil Fields
Picture




Interesting well known Petrolia Characters group from Jean Bradshaw collection!!



Recent pick ups on Sports Card page Al Kaline, George Armstrong, Carl Brewer rookie, Jaques Plante, Jack Morris rookie and more





Even More new Baseball and Hockey cards
Bill Freehan action, Darryl Sittler All Star,Tiger Team Cards, and many more




21 Shell, with old cars



Beauty Queens



Telfer School and Bridge, bottom of Brights Grove page



Redmond pictures on bottom of Military page



Will Morrison



ca. 1925 OLDBOYS PARADE



ca.1922 Imperial Oil Football Champs and ca.1947 Petrolia Bantam Hockey



Moncrieff daughters on CEE page











This Web Site was Founded by Marty Dillon March 21/2000
Last Updated: OCT 8/2024







 
 


 

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