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Initial functions of the Mills site

Black and white line drawing. On the left, a sawmill inaugurated in 1726. On the right, a flour mill from 1727. The dark hatched-out section represents the water on both sides of the dike.

Société d’histoire d’Ahuntsic-Cartierville, Cité historia Fonds.

On the left of the illustration, a sawmill inaugurated in 1726. This is the first building to operate on the mills site. On the right, a second building finished in 1727: a flour mill.