Canada’s First Oil Boom: Kerosene Lighting in Canada, 1846-1920

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Canada’s First Oil Boom: Kerosene Lighting in Canada, 1846-1920

with Ruth Sandwell, OISE, University of Toronto

Sunday, 28 May 2023, 12:30pm EDT

Public Energy History talk courtesy of CHESS: Canadian History of the Environment Summer School 2023

Weldon Library Community Room 128, Western University, London, Ontario

Canada's First Oil Boom: Kerosene Lighting in Canada, 1846-1920 with Ruth Sandwell
Feature Image: A Chesterfield Inlet (Igluligaarjuk) Inuk mother cooks bannock in a frying pan over a kerosene lamp fire. Credit: Dept. of Indian and Northern Affairs / Library and Archives Canada / e006609505.

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