ARCTIC Norman Wells: The Oil Center of the. Northwest.Territories

• Main Authors: Robert M. Bone, Robert J Mahnic’j
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Arctic; Canada; Mackenzie River; Maurice; Norman Wells; Mackenzie river
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.568.1974; http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/arctic/Arctic37-1-53.pdf

ABSTRACT. In 1920, a drilling team funded by Imperial Oil discovered a petroleum deposit along the shore of the Mackenzie River north of the set-tlement of Fort Norman. This wilderness site later became the community of Norman Wells and its growth has been directly attributable to petroleum. The cur...