Turner Valley Gas Plant

Visit Western Canada's first commercial oilfield and processing plant in Turner Valley. Take a guided tour through some of the historic buildings and explore the birthplace of Alberta's petroleum industry. The story began on May 14, 1914, when the Dingman No. 1 well hit wet natural gas and changed Alberta forever. The discovery of petroleum led to the creation of Alberta's first natural gas plant, which quickly became one of Canada's most significant petroleum processing facilities. The buildings and equipment onsite tell the story of the evolution of natural gas processing and the technological changes in the oil and gas sector through decades of change and development until the plant eventually closed in 1985. Now a provincially and nationally designated historic site managed by the Government of Alberta, the Turner Valley Gas Plant is open for tours in the summer months.