Ontario’s Oil Refining Industry
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N 42° 57.301 W 082° 24.888
17T E 384597 N 4756790
This plaque recognizes the Oil Refining Industry in Ontario and is located at the Imperial Oil refinery which moved from Petrolia to Sarnia in 1899 starting what became the Chemical Valley – the major petrochemical centre in Ontario.
Waymark Code: WM944
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 03/17/2006
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The first crude oil in Canada was discovered and commercialized in Oil Springs in 1858. Refineries to process the crude into lamp oil were initially located in Hamilton, London and Petrolia however as local crude ran out and increasing quantities of imported crude oil were needed the refining centre moved to Sarnia and the transportation offered by the St Clair river.
Now connected by pipelines to Alberta, the Gulf Coast and the East Coast of Canada and the US, Sarnia has become the major refining and petrochemical centre in Ontario
Physical location of plaque: City
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