The museum is located on the site of North America's first commercial oil well. James Miller Williams dug the well in 1858. Visitors can view 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.
Location:
Gum Bed Line east of Hwy 21S, Oil Springs Ontario
Telephone
519-834-2840
Other History nearby:
(Chatham) Chatham-Kent Museum
(Detroit) Detroit Historical Museum
(Sarnia) Discovery House Museum
(Grosse Pointe) Edsel & Eleanor Ford House
(London) Eldon House
(Thamesville) Fairfield Museum and Avenue of Peace
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12/05 Coming to The Oil Springs area
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