Petrolia
Petrolia is a town in southwestern Ontario, Canada. It is part of Lambton County and is surrounded by Enniskillen Township. It is billed as "Canada's Victorian Oil Town" and is often credited with starting the oil industry in North America, a claim shared with the nearby town of Oil Springs.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 6,010 residents
- Description: town in Ontario, Canada
- Also known as: “Petrolia, ON” and “Petrolia, Ontario”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Buttermilk Creek.
Buttermilk Creek
River
Buttermilk Creek is a creek in the town of Petrolia, Lambton County, Ontario, Canada. Buttermilk Creek is situated 2½ km west of Petrolia.
Petrolia
- Categories: lower-tier municipality of Ontario and locality
- Location: Enniskillen, Lambton County, Ontario, Canada, North America
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Latitude
42.882° or 42° 52′ 55″ northLongitude
-82.14958° or 82° 8′ 59″ westPopulation
6,010Elevation
202 metres (663 feet)United Nations Location Code
CA PETOpen location code
86JVVVJ2+R5OpenStreetMap ID
node 2223354442OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Turkish—“Petrolia” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Petrolia”
- Atikamekw: “Petrolia”
- Bavarian: “Petrolia”
- Cebuano: “Petrolia”
- Dutch: “Petrolia”
- French: “Petrolia”
- German: “Petrolia”
- Italian: “Petrolia”
- Japanese: “ペトロリア”
- Persian: “پترولیا”
- Polish: “Petrolia”
- Serbian: “Petrolia”
- Serbian: “Petrolija”
- Serbian: “Петролија”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Petrolia”
- Silesian: “Petrolia”
- Spanish: “Petrolia (Ontario)”
- Spanish: “Petrolia”
- Swedish: “Petrolia, Ontario”
- Swedish: “Petrolia”
- Turkish: “Petrolia”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include St. Paul’s United Church and St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church.
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