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PHOTO GALLERY: Streets lined with friends and families to celebrate Petrolia 150

August 17, 2024

Heather Wright Photos

Families and friends lined the streets of Petrolia to celebrate the town’s 150th birthday with a parade Saturday.

There was everything from fire trucks to horses, politicians to clowns and lots of music. The 45-minute long parade started at LCCVI and went down Dufferin to Maude Street and then through the downtown where hundreds of people watched.

Liz Welsh gets a picture of the Petrolia Discovery float before the parade.
Town Crier Les Whiting leads the parade starting at LCCVI on Dufferin Street.
This clown was Riding for Roger
The LCCVI Drum Line
A float carrying the current and former mayors of Petrolia.
Charlotte Boyd Wright in the Petrolia150 parade
One of the students at the Petrolia Primary School riding in the parade.
Crowds line the parade route on Petrolia Line
The street was lined with people for the Petrolia150 parade.
A team of volunteers headed up by Shirley Scott have revived the Bear Creek Express which used to give children rides on the north side of Bridgeview Park. It hasn’t been in use since 1974. The volunteers renewed the outside and expect to fix the engine in the future.

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