Oil Museum Black gold team 2001--- Angela Beaudrow, Jonathan Piitz, Tammy Auranen --- omcchin@ebtech.net

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Box 16 Oil Springs, Ontario, Canada N0N 1P0 Telephone/Fax (519)834-2840


The Oil Museum of Canada
The museum is located on the site of North America's first commercial oil well.
James Miller Williams dug the well in 1858.

The Grounds

 Visitors from around the world have viewed the indoor and outdoor exhibits.
Outside, on the spacious landscaped grounds, are the reconstructed William's Well, the first to produce oil commercially and other working wells and exhibits depicting the first methods used to extract "black gold" from the earth.
1858 Museum Sign
Derrick at the museum Blacksmith shop at the museum derrick and walking beam
The rustic setting is ideal for portraying the early development of one of the world's most important industries.

Aerial view of museum

The Inside
tools Three pole derrick model refining diagram
Drillers clothes oil gas fields
clocks bugs
Click here to see more museum pictures.

Map

Oil Museum of Canada

Open year round: May 1 to October 31 (10 a.m. to 5 p.m.) November 1 to April 30 (10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday)

Directions:

 From Highway 402 take 21 South
(Wyoming turn-off) to Oil Springs.

Look for our National Historic Site Sign.

Map Quest Map to the Museum
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