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  2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Pointe-Claire_WindmillPointe-Claire Windmill - Wikipedia

    4 metres (13 ft) Height. 7.5 metres (25 ft) 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.

  3. patrimoinepointeclaire.org › pointe-claire › the-millThe Mill | Patrimoine Pointe-Claire

    The Pointe-Claire mill, in common with most mills in New France, was built to a popular French design. It was a tower mill, a cylindrical fixed stone structure with a wooden pivoting roof that enabled the wings to be oriented into the wind. All the surviving windmills from the French Colony belong to this category.

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  5. memento.heritagemontreal.org › en › sitePointe-Claire Windmill - Héritage Montréal

    May 7, 2021 · The Pointe-Claire windmill was built in 1709 at the request of the Sulpicians, then lords of the island of Montreal, on a portion of the land they reserved for themselves in 1698 on one of their concessions. It is one of the last vestiges of the genre; in fact, there are only about twenty windmills left in Quebec and this one is one of the ...

  6. www.pointe-claire.ca › en › heritageHeritage - Ville de Pointe-Claire

    Classified as cultural property in 1983, the Pointe-Claire Windmill is one of the last remnants of the shore settlement of the Island of Montréal. An iconic symbol of la pointe Claire, it is a figurehead of the City’s heritage, especially with the “Croix des Missions”, which has stood at its current location since 1900.

  7. montreal.ctvnews.ca › pointe-claire-windmill-to-bePointe-Claire's historic windmill to be restored | CTV News

    CTV News Montreal Videojournalist. Follow | Contact. Published Sept. 7, 2022 5:22 p.m. PDT. Share. Located on the point of land from where the city gets its name, the Pointe-Claire windmill...

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  9. patrimoinepointeclaire.org › downloads › the-pointeThe Pointe-Claire Mill 1710-2010 | Patrimoine Pointe-Claire

    A magnificent 40-page bilingual and colorful brochure describing the detailed history of the Pointe-Claire windmill from 1710 to the present day. Discover the construction, operation, millers and evolution of this building which has been the emblem of Pointe-Claire since 1911.

  10. www.wikiwand.com › en › Pointe-Claire_WindmillPointe-Claire Windmill - Wikiwand

    The Pointe-Claire Windmill 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.