The Petrolia Discovery Foundation Inc.
4281 Discovery Line N0N 1R0 Petrolia, ON, Canada

To help plan for your visit to Petrolia Discovery in 2021 you may want to read this! Ontario's Petroleum Legacy is a free download and includes great stories about our oil pioneers. Note: it’s a 108 page download. http://earlegray.com//Ontarios-petroleum-legacy.-Birth-of- Open days will be announced soon.

Well look who finally showed up. Photo courtesy Kip Cuthbert. Thanks to Roy Snyder for sending it along.

We know you’re missing us. To enhance your next visit to Petrolia Discovery here’s some great reading about all things oil. https://fairbankoil.com/blog/ ENJOY!

Monthly contributions from Jackpot City Bingo and the Ontario Charitable Gaming Association make it possible for Petrolia Discovery volunteers to restore and maintain our buildings. Check out the new doors on the blacksmith shop.

Did you know we have an Open Die Forging Hammer at Petrolia Discovery? You may have walked by and wondered "what the heck is that?" It's quite a tool. There's a link to an educational youtube video in the comments. ENJOY! Open die forging is the oldest method of metalworking known to man. Also known as hand forging, smith forging, hammer forging, and flat-die forging, open die forging has considerably evolved over the span of hundreds of years as technology and machinery has advanced.

In addition to ingenuity and hard work, it takes a significant amount of resources to maintain an historic oil field. Monthly revenues from Jackpot Bingo are integral to the care and keeping of our history.

Petrolia Discovery thanks our dedicated BINGO Volunteers for their time and commitment. "A decision was made last month not to have volunteers back in cGaming sites given the ongoing health risks. Instead during this time charities and non-profits are expected to complete participation requirements. These flexible requirements have been communicated to all cGaming charities and must be done in each month a group is receiving funds." Ontario Charitable Gaming Association Petr...olia Discovery receives significant funding from monthly Jackpot Bingo. These proceeds are used for the restoration and continuing maintenance of the historic oil field. In 2019 Petrolia Discovery received $16K towards these projects. Over the coming months you will notice us use the logos for both OCGA and Jackpot Bingo on our Facebook page and we'll highlight some of the projects made possible with this ongoing funding. This is part of the new requirement for charities to continue to receive these funds. We are happy they have found an interim solution for all worthy charities and non- profits to continue to receive funds. See more

Anyone looking for a winter project? We would love a volunteer to clean up these gems. The kids find them fascinating so it would be great for them to actually function for next season. Message us here if you can help.

Petrolia Discovery may be closed for the season but you can still learn about our local oil history by visiting Oil Museum of Canada (call ahead to book an appointment) and by watching these amazing videos. Enjoy!

Thank you to everyone who visited, volunteered and participated in our 2020 Season. What a year it’s been! We were so fortunate to be able to open as the site l...ends itself nicely to distancing. Petrolia Discovery’s 2020 season is done but rest assured, we will continue to work through the winter months on more restorations and hope you will visit us again in 2021. We’ve got some really exciting things planned. We are still available for tours by appointment, just give us a call or send a message. We are happy to accommodate groups and families whenever we can. If you prefer to do your local history learning indoors this winter we encourage you to visit Oil Museum of Canada, they have some incredible displays. Do call ahead as they are booking appointments for visits also. Photo credit to the amazing Doug Bisson See more

Visit Petrolia Discovery this Saturday Oct.10 from 10am - 3PM for a self guided family tour. This is our last Open Day for 2020. The oil field is fascinating and the fall colours are spectacular. All COVID protocols in place. Admission is by donation.

Before indulging in your Thanksgiving Feast, enjoy a lovely stroll through local history and beautiful fall colours at Petrolia Discovery. We’re open Saturday October 10th for self guided tours from 10 am- 3pm. Entrance is through the north side of Bridgeview Park.

Our final thanks goes to our adult volunteers Morgan Davis, Joe and Art, Fire Chief and Petrolia Emergency Management Coordinator Jay Arns and Lambton Public Health for all their help and advice to make Artist Day possible and safe for all involved.

Thank you to Barb Prescott and Carol Graham for organizing the artists and THANK YOU to all the artists who participated in our first Artist Day at Petrolia Discovery. Your kindness and creativity made for a joyful event.

Student Volunteers Jackson, Morgan W, Norah, Travis, Gavin, Julia and Olivia THANK YOU so much for showing up early and helping us for part or all of Artist Day. You are all amazing! It was a pleasure to work with you. We hope you enjoyed your day.

Our sincere thanks to everyone who visited Petrolia Discovery on Artist Day. Without exception, all health protocols were followed and we enjoyed a beautiful day together.Our sincere thanks to everyone who visited Petrolia Discovery on Artist Day. Without exception, all health protocols were followed and we enjoyed a beautiful day together.

We are here until 3:00pm. What a beautiful Day!

It’s today!! Grab a coffee or a snack in downtown Petrolia and come on out to Petrolia Discovery and enjoy the sunshine, local artists and local history. Ontario's Blue Coast will be here with $10 vouchers for local shopping. It’s going to be a great day, we can’t wait to see you.

Oh my gosh, YES! What a beautiful day it’s going to be. Lovely for a drive in the County. We have incredible history right here in your own backyard.

The Fitzgerald Rig is a work of engineering art and we’ll be sharing the site with 15 local artists tomorrow. Join us to celebrate local history and local art! Saturday September 26th 10am- 3pm

Welcome Linda and Art and all your backyard critters. You won't miss the migrating birds or hibernators this winter if you have one of these in your garden. Linda & Art Linda and Art were both born Hard Oilers, growing up in the Lambton County area, Linda in Petrolia while Art outside of Alvinston. Living and working in the area, after completing high school at LCCVI, they met and joined forces in midlife, celebrating family and travels, retiring comfortably in Petrolia Comb...ining the skills developed throughout our lives we were able to turn them into a hobby that we both enjoy to add fun accents in our flower beds. Travel and an appreciation for the abundance of nature, in our local area, provides a constant flow of inspiration. Feeding the numerous species of birds, encountered in our back yard, combined with observing the varied types of birds encountered on our world travels, serves to ignite our creativity. Our wish is to share pleasure with others via our yard birds and other critters. See more

Welcome home Trevor, we are so happy you could bring your beautiful work to Artist Day at Petrolia Discovery. Trevor Edwin Clark was born and raised Petrolia Ontario in 1978. Starting at an early age Trevor has always been interested in making paintings and has maintained his practice for 30 years. Working with a variety of traditional materials and techniques, Trevors' paintings typically possess vibrant colour schemes and a painterly layered texture. Trevors subject matte...r varies greatly but is always representational bringing people, places and things together to form deeper narratives. -Trevor studied fine art at the Ontario Collage of Art and Design in Toronto graduating in 2003. Currently Trevor maintains his studio practice in the Kawartha Lakes and runs the Kawartha Lakes Painting Company, a full service painting and decorating company. trevoredwinclark.com kawarthapaints.com/home.html castplasterworks.com/Home.html Trevor Edwin Clark on FB and Insta

We've got a bit of something for everyone. Introducing Janine! She crochets cozy ponchos. Great for movie watching on a cold day or keep one in the car for an unexpected change in the weather. So colourful and cozy! I am the wife of the very nice man who works at the front door at the grocery store most days. John and I made Petrolia our forever home about 7 years ago. I previously spent most of my adult life up north in Thunder Bay. I am an Ultrasound Technologist, a competi...tive Powerlifter, and a Grandmother of 4 wonderful grandchildren. I first started crocheting ponchos when recovering from powerlifting at the World Powerlifting Championships in Belarus in 2017. I'm sad to say that Bluewater Health is yet to take advantage of my 30 years experience as an ultrasound tech, so although I live 5 minutes from my hometown hospital I have to work out of town. During the nights I spend by myself I usually get a poncho made while listening to my books. I love the Hobby. All of my grandchildren have several each, even my grandsons he wraps up while watching TV. I was qualified to lift in the World Bench Press Championships in Pilsen In May but then Covid happened. I had to channel my energy somewhere. So now I have made over 60 Ponchos!. I am almost 60 years old, I can bench press 155 lbs and crochet ponchos. I can't wait to meet more Petrolians and possibly share some crafts. Janine tells us these can have rows added so they grow with your kids, she also has adult ponchos. See more