List of windmills in Quebec

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Windmills in Quebec

LocationName of millTypeBuiltNotesPhotograph
Bécancour Moulin de Saint Grégoire
Moulin Bourg

46°16′18″N72°30′41″W / 46.27167°N 72.51139°W / 46.27167; -72.51139
Tower 1808 Moulin a vent de Saint-Gregoire (Becancour).JPG
Cap-Saint-Ignace Moulin à vent Vincelotte
47°03′31″N70°27′08″W / 47.05861°N 70.45222°W / 47.05861; -70.45222
Tower 1690 Moulin a vent de Vincelotte.jpg
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″N72°02′03″W / 46.58417°N 72.03417°W / 46.58417; -72.03417
Tower 1674 [2] Converted to a lighthouse. [2] Moulin Grondines.jpg
Île d'Orléans, Quebec Moulin Poulin
Moulin de Sainte-Famille
Tower c1841 Moulin a vent de l'Ile d'Orleans 2001 1.jpg
Île aux Coudres, Quebec Moulin Desgagnés Tower 1836 [3] Moulin de leconomusee.jpg
Pointe-aux-Trembles, Island of Montreal, Quebec Moulin de Pointe-aux-Trembles Tower 1719 [4] Restored. Moulin Pointe-aux-Trembles 2009.JPG
LaSalle, Island of Montreal, Quebec Fleming Tower 1827 [5] Moulin-fleming4.JPG
Notre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot, Ile Perrot, Quebec Pointe-du-Moulin Tower 1702 [6] Moulin a vent de Pointe-du-Moulin.jpg
Pointe Claire, Island of Montreal, Quebec Pointe-Claire Windmill

45°25′30.32″N73°49′32.21″W / 45.4250889°N 73.8256139°W / 45.4250889; -73.8256139 45.425197 -73.825608

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Tower 1709 [7] Ohio Barns Pointe-claire windmill.jpg
Quebec City, Quebec Moulin à vent de l'Hôpital général de Québec
46°48′45.57″N71°13′54.76″W / 46.8126583°N 71.2318778°W / 46.8126583; -71.2318778
Tower 1731 [8] Moulin a vent de l'Hopital-General-de-Quebec.JPG
Quebec City, QuebecQuebec City Zoological Gardens Tower Jardin zoologique du Quebec en hiver - moulin - 2006-02.JPG
Repentigny, Quebec Moulin Grenier
46°46′02″N73°25′04″W / 46.76722°N 73.41778°W / 46.76722; -73.41778
Tower 1820 [9] Moulin a vent Grenier de Repentigny (Quebec) 1.JPG
Repentigny, QuebecMoulin Antoine-Jetté
45°45′54″N73°25′15″W / 45.76500°N 73.42083°W / 45.76500; -73.42083
Tower 1823 Moulin a vent Antoine-Jette de Repentigny 2.JPG
Senneville, Quebec Moulin Le Ber de Senneville
45°25′49″N73°58′10″W / 45.43028°N 73.96944°W / 45.43028; -73.96944
Tower 1686 Moulin Senneville.jpg
Trois-Rivières, Quebec Moulin de la commune de Trois-Rivières Tower 1781 Retina 1 auto uqtr 05.jpg
Verchères, Quebec Moulin Dansereau
Moulin Choquette

45°47′24″N73°20′00″W / 45.79000°N 73.33333°W / 45.79000; -73.33333
Tower 1822 Moulin Vercheres 1865.jpg
Verchères, Quebec Madeleine-de-Verchères
Moulin Banal

45°46′11″N73°21′24″W / 45.76972°N 73.35667°W / 45.76972; -73.35667
Tower c1730 Moulin banal.jpg

Notes

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

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References

  1. "Qui était Châteauguay?" (in French). Monteregieweb. Retrieved 6 October 2009.
  2. 1 2 "Moulin à vent de Grondines". Government of Quebec. Retrieved 6 October 2009.
  3. "Les moulins de L'Isle-aux-Coudres". Economuseum. Archived from the original on 28 May 2009. Retrieved 6 October 2009.
  4. "Un moulin à vent restauré à Pointe-aux-Trembles". Cyberpresse. 16 July 2009. 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. Archived from the original on 13 September 2012. Retrieved 6 October 2009.
  9. "Moulin Grenier". Government of Quebec. Retrieved 6 October 2009.

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