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Welcome to the Petrolia Heritage Web site
The Largest Website of It's Kind In The World !
710.26 MEG
3,524 Files
and Growing,,,,well over 1 million hits per year !


                                 Here you will find photos and descriptions of our designated properties as well as other significant buildings in Petrolia Ontario and a brief outline of the Heritage Committees ongoing activities. There are over 1000 new & vintage photos that have taken years to accumulate by many people and are presented here for your enjoyment.

Enjoy your tour through the Petrolia Ontario Heritage Committee web site, but for a real experience come and visit Canada's Victorian Oil Town. If you have any questions or comments . E-mail Martin Dillon at, martyd@ebtech.net

Martin Dillon  PHed  IMcPt  Hsd
Chairperson

Petrolia Heritage Committee

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Feb 07
ca.1866 New York Times story about Oil Springs Canada West  Oil Boom
editors favorite

May 07
75th Anniversary CEE Booklet
Aug 07
Hillsdale Cemetery
Aug 07
Forest Ontario Steam Threshers Meet
(also see'my steam gauges')
Aug 07
Oil Springs FOLK ART !
April 08
STAG ISLAND ONTARIO
June 08
1862 Eyewitness account of Petrolia
July 08
Earle Gray's New Book!!!!!
Aug 08
1886 Petrolia Journal




Something new to the 'NEW' section.. Joel Fields complained to me that I now add things to the website that are not listed here. That is correct. I will only list what I consider significant new highlights here and I will expect to have you go through everything to find new pics and text. You will find that it is more fun that way. However Alvinston & Stag Island have some cool new stuff., also Victoria Hall.


This Web Site was Founded by Marty Dillon March 21/2001
Last Updated: June 2/ 2009
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