*Frank Dabbs is a journalist, columnist, author and business communicator who has spent most of his 38-year-career in and around the Alberta oil patch. Among his books, Branded by the Wind was awarded the Petroleum History Society 2001 Book of the Year Award. He 's currently a senior consultant at NATIONAL Public Relations, responsible for the firm's community consultation and public participation practice, working with resource companies to resolve conflicts with communities and surface land owners. (Feb.2004)
| Year |
|
Event |
| 1875 |
|
John Macoun's Vision, Geological Survey of Canada |
| 1883 |
|
Langevin Siding (CPR water well) |
| 1887 |
|
Vermillion River, Manitoba |
| 1888 |
|
George Dawson maps the Great Mackenzie Basin |
| 1890 |
|
Medicine Hat (CPR coal coring well) |
| 1898 |
|
Pelican Portage blowout |
| 1902 |
|
Cameron Creek / Oil City (Waterton) |
| 1904 |
|
Medicine Hat field commercialized |
| 1908 |
|
East Calgary |
| 1909 |
|
Bow Island |
| 1912- 1920 |
|
Brooks, Bassano, Foremost |
| 1914 |
|
Turner Valley Dingman #1 |
| 1914 |
|
Viking |
| 1920 |
|
Norman Wells, NWT |
| 1922 |
|
Northwest Pouce Coupe #1 |
| 1924 |
|
Turner Valley Royalite #4 |
| 1925 |
|
Wainwright Hargal 3B |
| 1926 |
|
Marrin Farm (Lloydminster) |
| 1927 |
|
Skiff (Lethbridge) |
| 1929 |
|
Red Coulee |
| 1932 |
|
Del Bonita |
| 1935 |
|
Turner Valley Royalties #1 |
| 1937 |
|
Dina (heavy oil) Battle River |
| 1937 |
|
Taber |
| 1939 |
|
Vermillion Consolidated #2 |
| 1939 |
|
Lloydminster Royalties #1 |
| 1939 |
|
Princess Bantry |
| 1940 |
|
Kinsella |
| 1944 |
|
Jumping Pound |
| 1944 |
|
Conrad |
| 1944 |
|
Ram River |
| 1947 |
|
Leduc |
| Year |
|
Event |
| 1670 |
|
Hudson's Bay Company Charter |
| 1673 |
|
Royal Proclamation (Treaties) |
| 1842 |
|
Geological Survey of Canada created |
| 1867 |
|
Confederation |
| 1870 |
|
Transfer of Prince Rupert's Land to Canada |
| 1875 |
|
North West Territories Act |
| 1885 |
|
Riel Rebellion |
| 1905 |
|
Alberta provincial autonomy |
| 1914-1918 |
|
First World War |
| 1921 |
|
Alberta Industrial Research Council (ARC) created |
| 1929 |
|
Great Depression begins |
| 1930 |
|
Transfer of Resources Acts |
| 1932 |
|
Turner Valley Gas Conservation Act |
| 1935 |
|
Aberhart elected Premier, Ernest Manning becomes Provincial Secretary |
| 1936 |
|
Alberta Bond default |
| 1937 |
|
Nathan Tanner appointed Minister of Mines |
| 1938 |
|
Alberta Petroleum and Gas Conservation Board created |
| 1938 |
|
Royal Commission on Alberta's Oil Industry formed |
| 1938 |
|
Case for Alberta
(submission to Rowell-Sirois Royal Commission on Dominion-Provincial Relations) |
| 1939 |
|
Second World War begins |
| 1940 |
|
Royal Commission on Alberta's Oil Industry reports |
| 1940 |
|
George Cottrelle appointed Federal Comptroller of Oil (War Measures Act) |
| 1941 |
|
Alberta re-regulates oil and gas industry operations |
| 1941 |
|
Liberal-Conservative coalition elected in B.C.
(Later imposes moratorium on private investment in petroleum exploration) |
| 1942 |
|
Final amendments to Alberta Natural Resources Act |
| 1942 |
|
Norman Wells and Canol Pipeline development (financed by the Pentagon) |
| 1943 |
|
Wartime Oils Limited created (crown corporation to finance war drilling) |
| 1944 |
|
CCF elected in Saskatchewan |
| 1945 |
|
CCF to take over Saskatchewan resource industries |
| 1945 |
|
First Boston Corp. refinances Alberta Bonds |
