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Pointe-Claire Windmill

1710 establishments in the French colonial empireBuildings and structures in Pointe-ClaireHeritage buildings of QuebecIndustrial buildings completed in 1710Windmills in Canada
Pointe claire windmill
Pointe claire windmill

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.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. 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.

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Pointe-Claire Windmill
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N 45.42511 ° E -73.8256 °
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Moulin de la Pointe-Claire

Avenue Saint-Joachim
H9S 4L3
Quebec, Canada
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