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

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town and
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port of entry in Lambton
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county,
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Ontario,
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Canada, situated 42 M . W. of
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London on
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Bear
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Creek, an affluent of
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Sydenham
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River, and on the
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Grand
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Trunk and
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Michigan Central
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railways . Pop . (19o1), 4135 . It is in the midst of the oil region of Canada, and numerous
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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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