Petrolia Ontario in Colour Photos: Saving Our History One Photo at a Time

Petrolia is a town in Ontario twenty minutes from Sarnia, and fifty minutes from London.Following the discovery of oil at Oil Springs in 1857, prospectors extended their search to the entire township of Enniskillen. At the site of Petrolia, which contained two small settlements with post offices named Durance and Ennis, a well was brought into production in 1860. The following year a small refinery was opened and the Durance Post Office renamed "Petrolea". In 1865-66, the drilling of the Ki...