The New International Encyclopædia/Petrolea
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PETRO′LEA. A town of Lambton County, southwestern Ontario, Canada, situated on a branch of the Grand Trunk Railroad, 10 miles east of the Saint Clair River. In the neighborhood are numerous oil wells producing yearly about 20,000 barrels of crude petroleum. Population, in 1891, 4357; in 1901, 4135.