Grants Old Mill Millstones - Winnipeg MB
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member PeterNoG
N 49° 52.764 W 097° 16.508
14U E 623921 N 5526648
These two Millstones are beside Grant's Mill in the Sturgeon Creek Parkway off Booth Avenue in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Waymark Code: WMMC8Q
Location: Manitoba, Canada
Date Posted: 08/30/2014
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member bluesnote
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A grain mill was operated at this site, between 1829 and about 1832, by Metis leader Cuthbert Grant. It was the first water mill in Western Canada. A working recreation of the mill building was erected at the site in 1974 as part of Winnipeg’s centennial celebrations. Its one-foot thick logs came from Gypsumville and its stones from quarries at Garson. (visit link)

It is unclear if this two millstones on display are historic or modern.
Type of mill: Water Mill

What did this millstone make?: Flour

Status of Stone: Public Display

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