List of windmills in Quebec

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Windmills in Quebec

Location Name of mill Type Built Notes Photograph
Bécancour Moulin de Saint Grégoire
Moulin Bourg

46°16′18″N 72°30′41″W / 46.27167°N 72.51139°W / 46.27167; -72.51139
Tower 1808
Cap-Saint-Ignace Moulin à vent Vincelotte
47°03′31″N 70°27′08″W / 47.05861°N 70.45222°W / 47.05861; -70.45222
Tower 1690
Châteauguay, Quebec Moulin de l'Île Saint-Bernard Tower 1686[1]
Contrecoeur Moulin Chaput Tower 1742
Grondines Moulin des Hospitalières
Moulin de Grondines

46°35′03″N 72°02′03″W / 46.58417°N 72.03417°W / 46.58417; -72.03417
Tower 1674[2] Converted to a lighthouse.[2]
Île d'Orléans, Quebec Moulin Poulin
Moulin de Sainte-Famille
Tower c1841
Île aux Coudres, Quebec Moulin Desgagnés Tower 1836[3]
Pointe-aux-Trembles, Island of Montreal, Quebec Moulin de Pointe-aux-Trembles Tower 1719[4] Restored.
LaSalle, Island of Montreal, Quebec Fleming Tower 1827[5]
Notre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot, Ile Perrot, Quebec Pointe-du-Moulin Tower 1702[6]
Pointe Claire, Island of Montreal, Quebec Pointe-Claire Windmill

45°25′30.32″N 73°49′32.21″W / 45.4250889°N 73.8256139°W / 45.4250889; -73.8256139 45.425197 -73.825608

Tower 1709 [7] Ohio Barns
Quebec City, Quebec Moulin à vent de l'Hôpital général de Québec
46°48′45.57″N 71°13′54.76″W / 46.8126583°N 71.2318778°W / 46.8126583; -71.2318778
Tower 1731[8]
Quebec City, Quebec Quebec City Zoological Gardens Tower
Repentigny, Quebec Moulin Grenier
46°46′02″N 73°25′04″W / 46.76722°N 73.41778°W / 46.76722; -73.41778
Tower 1820[9]
Repentigny, Quebec Moulin Antoine-Jetté
45°45′54″N 73°25′15″W / 45.76500°N 73.42083°W / 45.76500; -73.42083
Tower 1823
Senneville, Quebec Moulin Le Ber de Senneville
45°25′49″N 73°58′10″W / 45.43028°N 73.96944°W / 45.43028; -73.96944
Tower 1686
Trois-Rivières, Quebec Moulin de la commune de Trois-Rivières Tower 1781
Verchères, Quebec Moulin Dansereau
Moulin Choquette

45°47′24″N 73°20′00″W / 45.79000°N 73.33333°W / 45.79000; -73.33333
Tower 1822
Verchères, Quebec Madeleine-de-Verchères
Moulin Banal

45°46′11″N 73°21′24″W / 45.76972°N 73.35667°W / 45.76972; -73.35667
Tower c1730

Notes

Mills still standing shown in bold. Known building dates are in bold text. Non-bold text denotes first known date.

References

  1. ^ "Qui était Châteauguay?" (in French). Monteregieweb. Retrieved 6 October 2009.
  2. ^ a b "Moulin à vent de Grondines". Government of Quebec. Retrieved 6 October 2009.
  3. ^ "Les moulins de L'Isle-aux-Coudres". Economuseum. Retrieved 6 October 2009.
  4. ^ "Un moulin à vent restauré à Pointe-aux-Trembles". Cyberpresse. Retrieved 6 October 2009.
  5. ^ "Moulin à vent Fleming". Parks Canada. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
  6. ^ "Moulin à vent de Pointe-du-Moulin". Parks Canada. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
  7. ^ "Moulin à vent de Pointe-Claire". Parks Canada. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
  8. ^ "L'ancien moulin à vent de l'Hôpital Général de Québec" (in French). Quebec Hebdo. Retrieved 6 October 2009.
  9. ^ "Moulin Grenier". Government of Quebec. Retrieved 6 October 2009.

Further reading

  • Paradis, Laval & Kathy (1999). La tournée des vieux moulins à vent du Québec (in French). Cap-Saint-Ignace: La Plume d'oie. ISBN 2-922183-45-9.