Poutrincourt's Mill National Historic Event
Lequille, Nova Scotia
Poutrincourt's Mill
© Parks Canada / Parcs Canada
Address :
Dugway Road, Lequille, Nova Scotia
Recognition Statute:
Historic Sites and Monuments Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. H-4)
Designation Date:
1947-05-21
Other Name(s):
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Poutrincourt's Mill
(Designation Name)
Importance:
Site of 1607 flour mill, first water-powered flour mill north of Mexico
Plaque(s)
Existing plaque: 20 m from building, Dugway Road, Lequille, Nova Scotia
To relieve the toil of the hand-mill in making flour for the settlers at Port Royal, Sieur de Poutrincourt had a water-mill erected on the Lequille River near here early in 1607.