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PETROLEA

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Originally appearing in Volume V21, Page 316 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PETROLEA , a See also:

town and See also:port of entry in Lambton See also:county, See also:Ontario, See also:Canada, situated 42 M. W. of See also:London on See also:Bear See also:Creek, an affluent of See also:Sydenham See also:River, and on the See also:Grand See also:Trunk and See also:Michigan Central See also:railways. Pop. (19o1), 4135. It is in the midst of the oil region of Canada, and numerous See also:wells in the vicinity have an aggregate output of about 30,000,000 gallons of crude oil per annum, much of which is refined in the town.

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