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Sieur de Poutrincourt

Water-Powered Mill
1607

The first grist mill in North America

A grist mill grinds grain to make flour.
Today, flour milling is a large industry, and
an essential part of our food supply system.

Monument

LeQuille
Annapolis County
Nova Scotia

Located on the south side of Dugway Road

GPS location: 44°43'36"N 65°29'48"W

Historic Sites and Monuments Board plaques: Poutrincourt's Mill
Photographed 16 June 2003

Photographed 16 June 2003

Historic Sites and Monuments Board plaque

Photographed 16 June 2003

Historic Sites and Monuments Board plaques

Photographed 15 November 2002

Memorial: Poutrincourt's water-powered mill, 1607

This hydroelectric generating plant, built in 1967 near the site
of Poutrincourt's 1607 mill, was the Centennial project
of the Nova Scotia Light & Power Company
(Nova Scotia's largest electric utility company at the time).
This generating plant is powered by water from
the same river that Poutrincourt's mill used.
Photographed 1 July 2003

Three Plaques on the Generating Plant

Poutrincourt's Mill: 1967 NSL&P Company plaque on the generating plant

Poutrincourt's Mill: NSL&P Company plaque 1967
Photographed 1 July 2003

Detail of NSL&P Company plaque
Photographed 1 July 2003

Three plaques on generating plant
Photographed 1 July 2003

Plaque, 1968: Early Agriculture in Nova Scotia

Plaque, September 1968: Early Agriculture in Nova Scotia
Photographed 1 July 2003

Plaque, 1968: Early Agriculture in Nova Scotia

Photographed 1 July 2003

Interpretative Panel
Historic Site: Lequille Hydro Plant

Photographed 1 July 2003

The interpretative panel

Photographed 1 July 2003

View showing the location of the interpretative panel

Photographed 1 July 2003

Poutrincourt's water-powered grist mill, 1607: map showing location of monument

Map showing the location of the monument commemorating
Sieur de Poutrincourt's water-powered grist mill built in 1607,
near LeQuille, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia.
Roads are shown as they were in 1978. Except for Highway 101, the
layout of the roads in 2004 has not changed much from that shown here.

Links to Relevant Websites

Jean de Biencourt, Seigneur de Poutrincourt (1557-1615)
http://www.blupete.com/Hist/BiosNS/1600-00/Poutrincourt.htm

Poutrincourt's Second Settlement in Nova Scotia (1610-1613)
http://www.blupete.com/Hist/NovaScotiaBk1/Part1/Ch05.htm

Nova Scotia's last grist mill
http://museum.gov.ns.ca/bgm/

Photographs of War Memorials, Historic Monuments and Plaques in Nova Scotia
/remem/plaques.html

Arthur Kennedy tombstone LeQuille
/annapco/kennedyja.html

Monument: Bloody Creek 1757 Bloody Creek
/annapco/bloodycrk.html

Fort Anne bronze cannon Annapolis Royal
/annapco/annebroncann.html

Port Royal Habitation 1605-1613 Port Royal
/annapco/portroyal.html

Scotch Fort 1629-1632 monument Port Royal
/annapco/scotchfort.html

Bear River war memorial Bear River
/annapco/bearriverm.html

Bay View cannons Bay View
/digbyco/bayviewcann.html

S.S. Princess Louise monument Point Prim
/digbyco/prlouisemon.html

Kempt war memorial Kempt
/qrm/kemptmem.html

Kemptville war memorial Kemptville
/yarmco/kemptville.html

Carleton war memorial Carleton
/yarmco/carletonmon.html

Fort Point monument LaHave
/lunenco/lahavefpm.html

French Cross monument Morden
/kingsco/frenchcross.html

Iron Cross monument Horton Landing
/kingsco/ironcross.html

Sainte-Famille Parish Cemetery Falmouth
/hantsco/acadnfalm.html

1849 Nova Scotia Pony Express Monument Victoria Beach
/annapco/ponyexmon.html