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Also known as Rocanville, SK

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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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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