This plaque commemorates the production of the fifty-millionth barrel of crude oil from Manitoba oil fields, and stands as a perpetual tribute to the community and to all in the oil industry who over the years developed this great natural resource . . . — — Map (db m200592) HM
Municipal Building and Auditorium
Acclaimed by Virden's The Empire-Advance as one
the finest and best equipped opera houses in Western
Canada, the Auditorium has a handsome interior and
superb acoustics. It was . . . — — Map (db m302697) HM
Past Originally known as Gopher Creek, had its first Post Office established in 1883, and with the continual growth of the C.P.R. westward, soon became a thriving town. The first oil well of the Daly Field of Virden was successfully . . . — — Map (db m303400) HM
This pump jack is located over an original oil well at Surface Location: 06 22 10 26 W1M The Regent Drill company drilled the well for the Murphy Oil Co. Ltd. The hole was spudded in on March 29, 1955 The rig was released on April 9, 1955 and the . . . — — Map (db m200587) HM
