CNHP - Backhouse Grist Mill - Port Rowan, ON
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stinger503
N 42° 39.211 W 080° 28.112
17T E 543562 N 4722477
Canadian National Historic Site near Port Rowan
Waymark Code: WMXKDH
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 01/23/2018
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Backhouse (aka Backus) Mill is a Canadian National Historic Site is located near Port Rowan, Ontario at Backus Mill Conservation Area.
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"This rare technological and architectural survivor of early grain milling in Upper Canada was built by John Backhouse in the 1790s. Typically found in frontier agricultural communities of the early 19th century, this heavy timber-framed structure used water power to mill grain. More contemporary machinery, added in the later 19th and early 20th centuries, was common in small-scale, commercial establishments in the countryside. These mills marked the beginning of what became one of Canada's major industries."
Classification: National Historic Site
Location - City name/Town name: Port Rowan
Link to Parks Canada entry (must be on www.pc.gc.ca): [Web Link]
Link to HistoricPlaces.ca: [Web Link]
Province or Territory: Not listed
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