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UNESCO World Heritage Designation

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A steering committee established in 2017, made an application for the Oil Springs Industrial Landscape to be added on the Government of Canada's Tentative List for World Heritage Sites.

The joint application between the County of Lambton and Fairbank Oil Fields was one of 43 submitted to Parks Canada. It focused on the historic and industrial significance of the Oil Springs Industrial Landscape, already identified as a National Historic Site and is part of the County's Oil Heritage Conservation District.

Parks Canada selected eight additions to its Tentative List for World Heritage Sites and the Oil Spring Industrial Landscape was not included. However, Parks Canada did note the high level of stakeholder and community engagement in support of the Oil Springs Industrial Landscape application.

We will continue to enhance the site and identify opportunities to strengthen this application. Canada will come to be aware of the huge significance local oil technology made to the global history of the industry.

We want to thank all the individuals involved in making the application possible. We were unsuccessful with this application, but we learned a lot from this experience. We will apply this to our application for the next submission period. Through the dedication and support of the County of Lambton, heritage groups, and Fairbank Oil Fields, we have the confidence we will reach designation as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Click on the boxes below for more information about our UNESCO bid.

Structure in Fairbank Oil Fields.
Fairbank Oil Fields
Antique photo of oil fields.
UNESCO World Heritage
People around outdoor exhibit at the Oil Museum of Canada
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Field wheel at OMC
Oil Springs Industrial Landscape Supplementary Information Package
World Heritage Nominated Site Map
World Heritage Nominated Site Map

Oil Springs received National Historic Site designation in 1925 and you can read about it on our National Historic Site Designation page.

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