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April 12, 2024

The rain didn’t stop the annual tradition of Tractor Day at LCCVI.

Dozens of tractors of every age and colour driven by students at the high school packed the parking lot Friday in the annual celebration of the student’s rural roots.

Parents with toddlers came by to take a look at the giant machines before the students made their way through Petrolia’s downtown and then out to Lambton Centennial School on Oil Heritage Road.

Preschoolers watched in amazement as LCCVI students drove their tractors out of the high school’s parking lot during lunch break.
The convoy headed through downtown Petrolia enroute to Lambton Centennial School on Oil Heritage Road.
Tammy Bourque took her tractor-loving son, Rhett, 5, to see the parade Friday.
A student walks among the tires to get to his ride.
Emilee Langford and Krysten Campbell were staying dry in their John Deere as they waited for the parade to pull out of the parking lot.
The convoy of tractors left the parking lot and went by St. Philip’s School, made its way through Petrolia’s downtown and then to Lambton Centennial to greet the elementary school students there.
Teacher Steve McGrail shared this photo, thanking LCCVI students for stopping by Lambton Centennial.

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