Grand Old Lady, Canada Hill

Masih lagi cerita di Miri. Kalau tangguh confirm tak simpan di blog. Macam trip-trip sebelum ni. Begitulah jiwa blogger yang sekejap panas sekejap suam sekejap sejuk. Ada masanya memang sejuk ke paras beku. Time ni lah malasssssss sangat nak update apa-apa.

The Grand Old Lady. Bukan kali pertama kami ke sini. Saya pun rasanya berkali-kali jugak dah ke sini. Masa urusan kerja pun menyempat jugak ke sini dengan rakan sekerja sebelum ke airport. Apa yang menarik dan best di sini?

Canada Hill is a limestone ridge overlooking Miri City and offering excellent views of Miri and its surrounding. Situated on top of Canada Hill, Well No.1, also known as the 'Old Lady' or 'Grand Old Lady' in the later years is the first oil well in the country. It represents the petroleum history of Miri which is almost a century old and is one of the places of interest in Miri. This oil well is no longer in production of crude oil and it has been declared a protected historical site by the Sarawak Government. There is an observatory platform where visitors can have an excellent view of Miri City. Next to this oil well is the newly completed Petroleum Science Museum.

Mesti pelik kan nama tempat ni Canada Hill. Memang tinggi dan curam nak naik ke sini. Tapi view sini awesome sangat. Ada Muzium Sains Petronas jugak kat atas ni tapi muzim ni saya belum pernah masuk lagi sebab selalu pergi time dah habis office hours. Muzium bukak ikut masa orang bekerja.

The 'Grand Old Lady' of Miri had had a remarkable record over her 62 years of life from that point. She had operated almost non-stop from that day in December 1910, when she had first brought into production, until she was closed in 1941 due to war action. In that time, she had produced 563,484 barrels and was still producing 10 barrles per day. In three and a half years of occupation, Well No.1 wore for only 12 months during which she produced 4,371 barrels. At close, she was still managing to produce 3 barrels of oil a day and when finally stopped, had produced over 650,000 barrels of oil.

In the last months of operation, one of the wells still creaking slowly up and down was that same well that began the saga of Miri Well Number One.

She was restored after one year in retirement, and on Monday, October 1st, 1973, in a simple ceremony on top of Canada Hill, Miri, Sarawak Shell Berhad handed the first oil well over to the State Government, and henceforth becoming an official monument, the historic Well Number One, more affectionately known as "Grand Old Lady". It was handed over to the Sarawak Government to be kept in perpetuity as a historical monument. It had then been in existence for 63 years then. As of 2015, she is 105 years old.

Begitulah sejarahnya Grand Old Lady ni. Nak cerita saya pun tak pasti sangat, saya cuma mampu membaca dari website lain.  Kredit: https://www.miriresortcity.com/grandoldlady#gsc.tab=0

First time ke Miri masa zaman lepas habis SPM dulu (1998) pun saya dibawa ke sini jugak oleh cousin. Masa tu saya blur macam manalah rupa Bukit Canada ni. Rupanya yang menarik kat sini Grand Old Lady ni la. Memang tak berubah dari dulu sampai sekarang.

Di sini jadi tempat orang jogging dan hiking jugak. Kami je lah tak berpeluh di sini. Orang lain ramai yang muka merah berpeluh-peluh lepas hiking dari bawah naik ke atas puncak Canada Hill ni. Siap posing lagi bergambar. Hahaha.

Pose wajib #theIMANs. Diorang aim bergambar dengan 'pakcik-pakcik' ni bila naik ke sini.

Ini pulak gambar masa trip Jun, 2022. Memang tak pernah update pun di blog

Trip Jun 2022 ni kami pergi dengan family adik dan adik-adik yang lain. Family Aydin naik kereta dari Kuching-Miri sebab masa ni mak ngah (ibu Aydin) baru ditranferkan di Miri. Kami pulak naik flight dan sewa kereta sepanjang berada di Miri.

1,2,3 dan 4. Saya dan adik-adik saya. 4/6 hadir. 5 dan 6 tak hadir.

Masih dengan facemask kot masa ni. Abang dengan facemasknya.Suka sangat dengan 'pakcik' ni.

View bandaraya Miri dari Canada HIll.

Grand Old Lady

Jun 2022.

Jun 2022

Disember 2023

Sekarang ni (Disember 2023) dah ada landmark baru di Canada Hill ni. Tapi saya rasa landmark ni dah ada awal tahun ni kot, tak sure pulak. Landmark ni lah yang nampak dari level swimming pool Mega Hotel. Ehem, nak puji sikit adik yang tolong ambikkan family photo kami ni. First time stranger ambik gambar dan gambarnya lawa!! Thank you sis!

Kalau saya ambil memang snap je terus. Tak adanya nak adjust-adjust.

Take selfie saya memang juara. Hehehe.

Next time kalau ke panjang umur dapat ke Miri lagi nak jugak jogging atau hiking naik ke sini. Kalau larat la... hahaha. Mampu berangan jer.