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On the banks of Quebec’s Chêne River, the Légaré Mill, the oldest water-driven flour mill in North America, has been in constant operation since its completion in 1763. Today, the mill still produces and sells between 30 and 40 tons of wheat flour and buckwheat flour annually, using time-honoured methods and the original millstones.
Built by eighteenth-century seigneur Eustache-Louis Lambert Dumont at a time when the seigneuries and the farming economy were both developing, the property, recognized as a Historic Monument in 1976, was also designated a National Historic Site by the Federal Government in 2000. The mill gets its name from the members of the Légaré family who owned it from 1907 to 1978.
Open year-round, the mill welcomes school groups, adult groups and individual visitors for guided tours to learn about one of Canada’s oldest traditional skilled trades.
