Canadian
Petroleum Interpretive Centre at Leduc No. 1 Historic Site
The Canadian
Petroleum Interpretive Centre and Canadian Petroleum Hall of Fame were
established in 1996 and were created to showcase Canada's oil industry to the
world and to salute the grit, determination and success of the Alberta oil
patch.
The
Interpretive Centre is in the centre of the world famous Leduc-Woodbend Oilfield
on the site of Leduc No. 1. The centre contains artifacts, photos, scale models and
colourful stories, designed to give the viewing public a taste of what it was
like to be a part of oil history. The site is owned and operated by the Leduc /
Devon Oil Field Historical Society and is a year-round education centre focusing
on the history of oil, secrets of discovery, recovery and
transportation.
The Canadian
Petroleum Interpretive Centre is a museum with education and interpretation as its
central focus. It features geological displays, scale models and other current
and historical oilfield equipment. There are also interactive computer games,
descriptive displays, and interpretersmany of them oil patch veterans, to
guide you through the centre, and answer your questions. Other outdoor displays
include: service and seismic rigs, a model battery site, operating drilling
rigs, and the original Leduc No. 1 well sitedesignated a Provincial Historic
Resource in 1986 and a National Historic Site in 1990. There is also a resource
library and Hall of Fame where you can learn all about veterans and heroes of
the Oil Patch.
Location
Canadian Petroleum Interpretive Centre, 2 km south of Devon on Highway #60
Contact: Kim Gough
20 Haven Ave. Devon, AB T9G 2B9
Tel: (780) 9874323
E-mail: ldohs@telusplanet.net
Internet: www.c-pic.org
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