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The Daytripper For TOWN more NAME, information, TOWN NAME go to and www.town.petrolia.on.ca another awesome TOWN NAME SHOP LOCAL 2023 SEASON HOURS Historic Oil Field Open for Guided Tours! July & August Thursday to Sunday 10am - 4pm Other times by appointment 411 Greenfield Street, Petrolia • 519-882-2350 BARN DANCE Featuring Scott Manery & the Barnburners Saturday, July 8 6:30pm - 11pm Petrolia Farmers’ Market Free Community Event • Bring a lawnchair! Petrolia & Enniskillen Fall Fair • September 8-10 4281 Discovery Line • 519-882-0897 www.petroliadiscovery.com Contact us for Group Tours! Art in the Park • July 7-8 Save the Date October 14, 2023 FREE EVENT CLUB OF PETROLIA AND AREA fieryfaces.ca 1st Annual Youth Summit More info coming soon! 5th Annual farm to table Sept. 16th at 6 pm Tickets on Sale Now! Dinner Entertainment and Dancing Under the Stars Entertainment by the Victoria Playhouse Band Cash Bar Local Beer & Wine The IN HOME CHEF will prepare the meal with local food items purchased from Petrolia Farmers’ Market vendors, & area farmers. For more information, go to www.town.petrolia.on.ca Page 24 More than 98% of Ontarians live within the Great Lakes & St. Lawrence River Basin. Summer 2023
Lake Huron MI ONTARIO NY Daytripping to PETROLIA - Home of Victoria Playhouse Petrolia Summer Camps and Art Classes Available! Check Our Website For Details Over 40 Vendors of Unique Handmade Items BREAKFAST, LUNCH & DINNER Check Facebook for Specials & Hours In Petrolia's Restored, Historic Post Office 4207 Petrolia Line, Petrolia • 226-738-0911 www.artzden.ca Petrolia Discovery’s Historic Oil Field A must-see in Lambton The winding road to the Petrolia Discovery oil field offers a lot more than just a beautiful country drive. It is steeped in history and ends at one of the most surprising historical landmarks in Canada. The Petrolia Discovery is an authentic 1860s oil field in action. But it’s much more than that. Its historic buildings and working oil field featuring a rig so large it could power 350 wells in its day, are the backdrop to a story both startling and fantastic. “This place is so important to the opening of the global oil industry,” explains Liz Welsh, a Hard Oiler who grew up in Petrolia and now chairs the Petrolia Discovery. Wednesday is SENIOR’S DAY! 20% OFF* for Customers 60+ Liz Welsh, Board Chair of Petrolia Discovery. By Cathy Dobson She remembers the fanfare when the Petrolia Discovery opened in 1980 as a unique historic oil field with original jerker line technology. “I was here and they had a gusher to mark the opening,” she said motioning to the sky where the oil blew out of the ground. “I grew up fascinated by this history. I guess there is oil in my blood,” Welsh laughed. She marvels at the technology and tools developed by the earliest oil drillers who figured out how to capture Black Gold, then shared their knowledge in places as far away as Persia (now Iran), Indonesia, Australia and Russia. “The Petrolia oil drillers learned how to do it by the seat of their pants,” Welsh said. “Their ingenuity is what fascinates me.” A tour of the Petrolia Discovery starts at the gum beds discovered by early pioneers in the area, and takes about an hour. It’s for all ages and includes a lot of hands-on activities for kids. Hard Oilers—the people who love Petrolia—are proud to tell their town’s story, said Welsh. The Discovery has always been Don’t Miss One of Petrolia’s Best Gift Shops! 4211 Petrolia Line PETROLIA • 519-882-0400 Steps away from Victoria Playhouse Petrolia a labour of love spearheaded by legions of talented volunteers. There was a brief period when the historic oil field fell into disrepair and was shut down but several years of restoration work and a determined group of volunteers have turned the museum’s fortunes around. “I think management and the board lost the focus for the site at one time,” said Welsh. “So we are going back to the basics to showcase the oil field.” She has big praise for the current board of directors that is working hard to restore the site and ensure it is around to educate and entertain visitors for many years to come. They have raised tens of thousands of dollars to repair and upgrade 10 buildings including a one-room school house, a blacksmith shop, a hardware store and the toll house that came from nearby Plank Road. There’s a stable at the intersection of Oil and Tank streets and a woodworking shop where materials needed to maintain the oil field are fabricated. Ryan Shaw, 16, and Sivana Stec, 19, are hired as tour guides this year and take on an interesting list of other responsibilities like oiling the lines, fixing exhibits, researching artifacts and digging new post holes. “We get a ton of international people here,” said Ryan. “I’ve talked to people from Germany, Spain, Italy, India, all over. “I even talked to an oil driller Treat Yourself at the Olde Post Parlour! Seasonal Home Decor Pine Furniture • Scented Candles • Repurposed Furniture • Birdhouses, Signs & Much More! 4189 Petrolia Line • 519-882-0747 EXTENDED SUMMER HOURS 2023’s tour guides are Sivana Stec and Ryan Shaw, shown with the restored Fitzgerald Rig, revolutionary when it was built by Imperial Oil’s first president Frederick Fitzgerald in 1901. from France who was shocked when he found out the tools he still uses were created here.” “We’ve just finished chimney restoration and a new metal roof on the blacksmith shop and we are starting work on the Canadian Drill Rig this year,” she said. Importantly, there are 14 operational wells on site, including four that run with Petrolia-born jerker line technology. The enormous Fitzgerald Rig has also been restored. It was built by the first president of Imperial Oil in 1901 and revolutionized the oil extraction business. “It’s the gem of the property,” said Welsh. “When it failed in 2018, in excess of 3,500 volunteer hours went into getting the Fitzgerald Rig operational again, as well as a Creative County grant.” “As far as we know, it is the largest operating powerhouse rig in the world.” See the ad on this page for more information. OPEN FOR GUIDED TOURS! • Wedding • Birthday • Baby • Home Decor HOGAN P•H•A•R•M•A•C•Y Full Service Pharmacy Full Service Cosmetic Department Full Service Home Health Care Dept. 4177 Petrolia Line, Petrolia • 519-882-1840 Mon-Fri 9-9 • Sat 9-6 • Sun 10-5 Country Yarns Everything for your Knitting, Crocheting, Cross Stitch & Needlepoint Needs! - Mention this ad for a 15% discount! - 2776 LaSalle Line, Petrolia Between Mandaumin & Waterworks Rd. (Enter St. Clair, Ontario in your GPS) 519-882-8740 Wed. 10-5 / Thurs. 10-6 / Fri. 10-5 / Sat. 10-3 www.country-yarns.com 1860s Working Oil Field Historic Site July & August: Thursday-Sunday 10am-4pm (other times by appointment) To Book a Tour ~ call, email or Facebook us! PetroliaDiscovery.com over ery. com • 519-882-0897 97 petroliadiscovery@outlook.com l c over ery@ outl tloo ook.co com Summer 2023 The North American oil industry was born in Oil Springs, in 1850. Page 25
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