1. It is unclear when the reservation's name was changed to Oil Springs . 2. Jerker lines are still used to pump oil in Oil Springs today. 3. By 1859 Williams owned 800 acres of land in Oil Springs . 4. Oil springs along the Ukhta River were already known in the 17th century.5. A year later, Bernard King struck oil at Petrolia, north of Oil Springs . 6. Petrolia quickly replaced Oil Springs as Canada's oil capital, leaving Oil Springs almost abandoned. 7. By 1864, 20 refineries were operating in Oil Springs and seven in Petrolia, Ontario. 8. Petrolia quickly replaced Oil Springs as Canada's oil capital, leaving Oil Springs almost abandoned. 9. He continued to live in Oil Springs until his death on 7 November 1895. 10. Stanley Clark, Benjamin Chamberlain, and William Gallagher owned lands adjacent to the Oil Spring Reservation.
