Rocanville
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Rocanville is a town in Saskatchewan, Canada, and home to the largest oil can in the world. It is home of the Nutrien Rocanville mine. Rocanville is also home of the Symons Oiler factory which produced over 1 million oil cans during the Second World War. The town erected the giant oil can to commemorate the factory.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Rocanville is referenced by 251 other articles, and connects out to Spy Hill, census divisions of Saskatchewan and World War II.
The entry is geolocated on the map in SK, across 2 mapped points.
Vinony files it under Division No. 5, Saskatchewan, Rocanville No. 151, Saskatchewan and Towns in Saskatchewan.
Its subject is documented across 8 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- town
- Country
- Canada
- Located in
- Saskatchewan
- Population
- 889
- Elevation
- 519
- Official website
- www.rocanville.ca
- Image
- Rocanville SK.jpg
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- Rocanville
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Encyclopedic overview
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Rocanville is a town in Saskatchewan, Canada, and home to the largest oil can in the world. It is home of the Nutrien Rocanville mine. Rocanville is also home of the Symons Oiler factory which produced over 1 million oil cans during the Second World War. The town erected the giant oil can to commemorate the factory.
Rocanville is also known for crop circles that were discovered there in the fall of 1996.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rocanville” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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2 mapped locations