Industrial history of Alberta

The Turner Valley gas plant is a Provincial Historic Resource and a National Historic Site of Canada. Its story is a significant aspect of Alberta’s development and of Canada’s natural resources history. The Turner Valley gas plant, western Canada’s first natural gas processing and refining facility. On May 14, 1914, after more than a year of drilling, the Dingman No. 1 well found a petroleum reservoir deep under Turner Valley. This was Alberta’s first major oil and gas discovery.