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A 'Gulf' Station
Bluenoser:
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--- Quote from: Stephane Dumas on September 18, 2020, 06:43:16 PM ---Edit: That Gulf station in Alma, NB is still there from what I saw on the recent Google streetview.
https://www.google.com/maps/@45.6006352,-64.9461005,3a,75y,350.13h,93.76t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1shF8R5fL78U1ef1rbBxVr8Q!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
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Yup.....I took the picture two weeks ago. Wonder who's gas you're actually getting as I said I haven't seen any other Gulf Stations in the Maritimes (and Irving's Refinery is only about 100 klicks away!!)
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XTR Energy has rights to the Gulf brand in Canada, so they're most likely sourcing what XTR stations in the region has...IIRC that Gulf in Alma is an ex-Irving location. Add Lac du Bonnet, MB as well to the list of Gulf locations, it's on Street View (ex-SHell location).
ErmineNotyours:
--- Quote from: jakeroot on September 22, 2020, 12:11:21 AM ---
Other than that, the closest Gulf to the Lower Mainland is in Ferndale, WA: https://goo.gl/maps/xnpJhBuAoBxTyC2f6
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Uh, that's just "Gull". Still a much reduced brand, and worth saving.
jakeroot:
--- Quote from: ErmineNotyours on September 18, 2021, 10:08:29 PM ---
--- Quote from: jakeroot on September 22, 2020, 12:11:21 AM ---
Other than that, the closest Gulf to the Lower Mainland is in Ferndale, WA: https://goo.gl/maps/xnpJhBuAoBxTyC2f6
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Uh, that's just "Gull". Still a much reduced brand, and worth saving.
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I cannot believe I didn't notice that. :-D :-D
Stephane Dumas:
--- Quote from: 1995hoo on September 22, 2020, 09:03:16 AM ---
--- Quote from: Mapmikey on September 18, 2020, 01:35:32 PM ---
--- Quote from: 1 on September 18, 2020, 12:42:50 PM ---Was the electronic price display off, or is that just because of the way the photo was taken?
A bit off topic, but I once saw a "Golf" station with Gulf's orange circle logo.
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Here is a Guff service center (no longer there) that kinda borrows the Gulf logo on VA 231 in Cismont - https://goo.gl/maps/kZ2uzHTpETfxF4hc7
Off topic (but still off-brand...) was this Nobil station on US 29 north of Madison VA I photographed in 2007. it's a Sunoco now.
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We could probably have a whole thread on the off-topic side, if we wanted, about knock-off brand names. I recall when I was a little kid, there was a hotel down at the south end of Nags Head called the Armada Inn—it was built to be a Ramada, but the chain rejected it, so they reversed two letters. There used to be a couple of Six Twelve convenience stores in Fairfax City. Then there were these two places in Brooklyn, both at the same intersection and both owned by the same guy (he initially named the second one "New Kentucky Fried Chicken," but they sued him and he changed those two letters):
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I re-read that thread and it's bring me flashbacks of McDowell's from the movie "Coming to America".
//www.youtube.com/watch?v=djI_ret3S9g
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