This 1958 national stamp commemorates the 100th anniversary of the Williams discovery well in Oil Springs.
Charles Fairbank Sr., an MPP, was a driving force promoting the significance of Oil Springs.
Photo: The Hamilton Spectator
Major Charles Fairbank took ownership when his father J.H. Fairbank died in 1914.
Photo: Fairbank family collection
To celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Williams’ well, Canada issued this stamp in 2008.
John Henry Fairbank was Canada’s largest oil producer by 1900.
Photo: Fairbank family collection
This undated photo was taken in Oil Springs.
Photo: Lambton County Archives
Imperial Oil has received crude from the Fairbanks continuously since Imperial Oil was founded in 1880.
Photo: Fairbank family collection
This undated postcard of the Fairbank property shows a forest of three-pole derricks and the jerker-line system.
Photo: Lambton County Archives
The Parks were highly respected oil family in Oil Springs. The ruins of their house are found on the Oil History Nature Trail here.
Photo: Lambton County Archives
In 1863, Sandford Fleming mapped the mysterious Flowing Wells of Oil Springs.
Photo: Library and Archives Canada
This 1961 photo of Oil Springs appeared on the cover of Imperial Oil Review in 1969.
Photo: Al Schoenborn
This 1970s photo shows Charlie Fairbank blacksmithing in Oil Springs.
Photo: Sylvia Fairbank
The entrance to Fairbank Oil is largely unchanged from this photo circa 1905, though the trees and barns were replaced.
Photo: Fairbank family collection
John Henry Fairbank, circa 1911, had a long industrious career as oilman, federal politician, entrepreneur and founder of Petrolia.
Photo: Fairbank family collection
The Foreign Drillers of Oil Springs and Petrolia were experienced drillers working in 86 countries beginning in 1873.
Photo: Lambton County Archives
A rig (powerhouse) in Oil Springs powers the jerker line connected to the wells. Date unknown.
Photo: Oil Museum of Canada