Pointe-Claire Windmill

Pointe-Claire Windmill
Moulin à vent de Pointe-Claire

Pointe-Claire windmill in winter
Coordinates 45°25′31″N 73°49′31″W / 45.425222°N 73.825278°W / 45.425222; -73.825278
Location 1 rue Saint-Joachim, Pointe-Claire
Width 4 metres
Height 7.5 metres
Completion date 1710

The Pointe-Claire Windmill (French: Moulin à vent de Pointe-Claire) is a windmill in Pointe-Claire, Quebec, Canada. It is the oldest windmill on the island of Montreal and one of 18 remaining windmills in Quebec.[1]

Like most mills in New France it was built to a French design, a cylindrical stone tower with a movable roof which could be turned by a tail pole to face the sails to the wind. The mill had two doors, to provide an exit regardless of which ways the sails faced. The walls are four French feet (1m32) thick at the base. The interior is 12 French feet in diameter by 24 high.[2] The mill originally contained elevated platforms beneath gun slits for defence. The surrounding shoreline was fenced with pointed wooden stakes. However, the site was never attacked.[3]

Chronology

References

  1. RPCQ patrimoine-culturel.gouv.qc.ca
  2. A la pointe claire. Conseil du patrimoine de Montreal. 2005. pp. 3–47. ISBN 2-9808545-4-9.
  3. Matthews, Brian (1985). A History of Pointe-Claire. p. 24.
  4. "Moulin à vent de Pointe-Claire". Répertoire de patrimoine culturel du Québec. Retrieved 20 August 2011.

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