Flour and Grist Mills in Saskatchewan

From Aberdeen to Zelma

Duck Lake Aberdeen Canora Esterhazy Battleford

Gainsborough

Indian Head Jasmin Foam Like – on fire Hague

North Battleford Lemberg Moose Jaw Ogema

Kayville Qu’Appelle Regina Shellbrook Tisdale

Prince Albert

Viscount U - Unknown X - Unknown Wolseley Yorkton

Zelma

Version 13: Images: 66 No Images: 77 Development of the Saskatchewan Milling Industry

Grain milling has been a world-wide activity for at least 14,000 years, but it is only known to have started in Saskatchewan in the latter half of the 19th century. In 1870-71, Rev. John McKay, an Anglican missionary at Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Stanley Mission, established a horse-powered grist mill at the mission, thereby enabling the small community to grind its own flour. That was followed in 1873-74 by construction of a more efficient water-powered mill, located on a nearby creek that flowed into the Churchill River – then one of the major transportation routes into the Canadian western frontier.

It was during the 1870s that the southern portion of what is now Saskatchewan began to be settled for agricultural development, starting along the major waterways (such as the North and South Saskatchewan Rivers), and later further south, after the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway’s main line in the early 1880s. This arrival of settlers with European ancestry brought with them a greater need for local milling, and before the beginning of the 20th century, at least 25 flour mills had been established: including Prince Albert (1877), Duck Lake (c.1878), Battleford (1883), Yorkton (1883), Indian Head (1884), Qu’Appelle (1885), Fort Qu’Appelle (c.1885), Cannington Manor (c.1885), Moosomin (1887), Moose Jaw (c.1890), Grenfell (c.1890), Regina (c.1894), Wolseley (c.1895), and Rosthern (1897). Some communities even had more than one mill, or were onto their second or third mill after earlier structures were destroyed by fire – a constant problem in the milling industry due to the flammable nature of grain dust.

By the middle of the 20th century, the number of flour mills had increased to at least 150, with mills located in many smaller communities throughout southern Saskatchewan, as well as all of the major towns and cities. Early in the 20th century large milling companies, like Robin Hood and Quaker, began to erect massive mills and storage facilities at Moose Jaw and Saskatoon. Between 1875 and 1950 – the 75-year era of major flour mill construction – most flour mills were made of lumber, a few were masonry - either stone or brick. All included heavy timber interior structures, wooden floors and extensive wooden equipment, such as the roller mills. Needless to say, fire was a constant concern and threat, and at least 17 mills are known to have burned down. Most of the others were demolished after they ceased to be viable business operations. Today, only three non- operational historic flour mills remain in Saskatchewan, located at Yorkton (1899-1900), Esterhazy (1906-07) and Viscount (1925); while modern mills continue to operate at Humboldt and Saskatoon.

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Although the total number of grist or flour mills constructed in Saskatchewan has not yet been determined, this Inventory provides an overview of over 140 mills that have been located to date. They were constructed during the era when grain processing at local mills was a vital part of the province’s grain industry. Starting at Stanley Mission in the 1870s, the number of mills increased dramatically in the 1880s and 1890s, after the railway enabled settlers to both populate and cultivate the vast open prairie, and to sell their produce to national grain companies and to local flour mills. As with grain elevators, flour mills were filled with explosive grain dust, and a substantial number of flour mills were consequently destroyed by fire.

Brick Flour Mills: To date, only four mills have been confirmed as being constructed of brick: Radisson, Regina, Saskatoon, and Yorkton.

Heritage Designation: The Yorkton Brick Mill has been designated as a Municipal Heritage Property, and the Esterhazy Flour Mill has been designated as both a Provincial Heritage Property and as a National Historic Site of Canada. This Inventory will therefore help to develop interpretive programs that will enable the current mill owners to place their structures into a broader provincial and national context.

Disappearance of Saskatchewan’s Flour Mills: The reason for the disappearance of Saskatchewan’s flour mills in not well documented. Less than 10 are recorded as being dismantled or demolished; while at least 17 burned down. However, it is generally acknowledged that many flour mills, like grain elevators, burned down.

Primary Resources Consulted: Following is a list of the primary resources consulted to compile this Inventory. As well, photographs of the mills were obtained from various archives, websites and local histories.

Photos marked with * = courtesy: Heritage Branch, Saskatchewan Parks, Culture & Sport

• 1907: Henderson’s Classified Directory: Lists 42 Saskatchewan-based Flour Mills

• 1921-22: Wrigley’s Classified Business Directory: Saskatchewan: Lists 42 Flour and Feed Mills. It is unclear at this point if all of these listing are for actual mills; further research may resolve that matter.

• 1955: Saskatchewan Business Directory: Golden Jubilee Edition: By the middle of the 20th century, the number of Flour Mills had decreased to such an extent that they were no longer listed, or included in the general category of “Elevators” and “Grain Companies”.

• 2005: Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan: Milling: Lists 37 Flour Mills in Saskatchewan in 1915 “In small communities, flour and grist mills were often the only industries to provide off-farm employment to rural people. Because of the services they offered, access to a mill was crucial to the settlement of the prairies, and difficulties in transportation necessitated a dense network of mills throughout the countryside. In 1915, at least thirty-seven flour mills were located in the towns of Annaheim, Asquith, Balgonie, Battleford, Blaine Lake, Canora, Cupar, Duck Lake, Esterhazy, Foam Lake, Grenfell, Hague, Herbert, Humboldt, Indian Head, Jasmin, Lanigan, Leney, Lloydminster, Lumsden, Maple Creek, Melville, Moose Jaw, North Battleford, Outlook, Prince Albert, Radisson, Regina, Rosthern, Saltcoats, Saskatoon, Shellbrook, Swift Current, Verigin, Weyburn, and Wilkie.” - Raymond Ambrosi.

Source: http://esask.uregina.ca/entry/milling.html

• Local Histories: Please note, the Our Roots website is under reconstruction, and some of this links are no longer functional. Some of the local history books have been re-entered, and may be available at this link: https://cdm22007.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p22007coll8

This inventory is an on-going research project. If you have any information on these or any other Saskatchewan flour or grist mills, or know of others that are not listed but exist or existed in the province, please contact me.

Compiled by:

Frank Korvemaker, M.S.M., SAA (Hon) Ret’d Archivist / Construction Historian 59 Compton Road Regina, Saskatchewan S4S 2Y2

Tel: (306) 586-1405 e-mail: [email protected] Last Updated: Aug. 9, 2020

Community Name Location / Comments

Aberdeen Aberdeen Built: c.1910; Demolished ?????

Milling See: 1912: Heaton’s Annual Commercial Handbook of Canada, 1912, p. 261-269 Company And: http://www.ourroots.ca/e/page.aspx?id=312862, p. 19 (Feb 1911)

(Source: website)

Abernethy Alexander Built: _____; Demolished ?????

Photo Not Available Milling See: List from Michelle Cabana, 7 April, 2015 Company (Source: Cabana) Henderson’s 1907 Directory, p. 2214 – Alexander Milling Company

Admiral Admiral Built: 1917; Demolished ?????

Photo Not Available Feed Mill Wrigley’s Saskatchewan Business Directory, 1921-22 , p. 880 – Alex Coutts

Admiral history, “Admiral: Prairie to Wheatfields, p. 21; still extant in 1940 – never used to grind flour

Annaheim Annaheim Built: _____; Demolished ?????

Photo Not Available Flour Mill See: http://esask.uregina.ca/entry/milling.html

(Source: website)

Community Name Location / Comments

Arcola # 1 Arcola Built: _____; Burned: July 1906

Photo Not Available Flour Mill See: Manor Advocate: 20 July 1906, p 2

(Source: ???)

Arcola # 2 Arcola Built: _____; Demolished ?????

Photo Not Available Milling See: 1912: Heaton’s Annual Commercial Handbook of Canada, 1912, p. 261-269 Company (Source: website) Henderson’s 1907 Directory, p. 2214 – Arcola Milling Company

Wrigley’s Saskatchewan Business Directory, 1921-22 , p. 880 – Arcola Flour Mills

Asquith Badger’s Built: c.1911; Burned: 1927

Flour Mill See: http://www.prairie-towns.com/asquith-12.html

And: The Asquith Record: p. 3, 6

http://ourroots.ca/page.aspx?id=561565&qryID=9668e8d9-bfd1-466d-b1a1- fb150a351ae0

Wrigley’s Saskatchewan Business Directory, 1921-22 , p. 880 – Badger Mill & Elevator

Company Ltd. (Source: website)

Balcarres Alexander Built: _____; Demolished ?????

Photo Not Available Milling See: Company http://www.prairie-towns.com/balgonie-7.html

Also: Sask. Archives Photo: R-A10083

Henderson’s 1907 Directory, p. 2214 – Alexander Milling Company

Community Name Location / Comments

Balgonie Balgonie Built: 1904; Demolished c.1917

Milling See: http://www.prairie-towns.com/balgonie-7.html Company Also: Sask. Archives Photo: R-A10083

Henderson’s 1907 Directory, p. 2214 – Balgonie Milling Company

Balgonie history, p. 156-157

(Source: :website)

Battleford Bishop Built: 1907; Demolished ?????

Milling Company See: Battleford: Now and Then, p. 171

and: 1912: Heaton’s Annual Commercial Handbook of Canada, 1912, p. 261-269

Wrigley’s Saskatchewan Business Directory, 1921-22 , p. 880

(Source: Now and Then, p. 171)

Community Name Location / Comments

Battleford Prince Bros. Built: 1883; Burned: 1908

Milling Company See: Battleford: Now and Then, p. 9, 165

(Source: Now and Then, p. 165)

Birch Hills Finch Edwin Built: 1906; Equipment sold in 1935

Flour Mill Wrigley’s Saskatchewan Business Directory, 1921-22 , p. 880 – Finch Edwin

Birch Hills history, “Birch Hills (Harperview), Coolidge, Heatherdell : the people and the history”, p. 9 – Scott Brothers built the flour mill in 1906; mill history: 68-69; equipment sold in 1935 to Humboldt Flour Mills

(Local History: p. 68)

Blagodadmier Doukhobor Built: 1902; Demolished ????? – a few miles south of Veregin

Photo Not Available Flour Mill See: Swan River history, p. 124 - only operated a short time

(Source: Swan River history)

Community Name Location / Comments

Blaine Lake Blaine Lake Built: _____; Demolished ?????

Photo Not Available Flour Mill See: http://esask.uregina.ca/entry/milling.html

(Source: website)

Blaine Lake area Radouga Creek Built: c.1905; Demolished c.1910

Photo Not Available Flour Mill Blaine Lake history, p. 33

Borden Redberry Rolled Built: 1931-37 by Metro Koseruba; relocated to Saskatoon in 1940; Demolished ______? Wheat Mill; later the Redberry Food See: http://www.ourroots.ca/e/page.aspx?id=1077435 Company

(Source: website)

Broadview Broadview Built: _____; Demolished ?????

Photo Not Available Flour Mill Crooked Lake Indian Agency

(Source: Cabana) See: List from Michelle Cabana, 7 April, 2015

Bulyea Maple Leaf Built: _____; Demolished ?????

Photo Not Available Milling Wrigley’s Saskatchewan Business Directory, 1921-22 , p. 880 – Maple Leaf Milling Company Company

Community Name Location / Comments

Bulyea Ogilvie Flour Built: _____; Demolished ?????

Photo Not Available Mills Ltd Wrigley’s Saskatchewan Business Directory, 1921-22 , p. 880 – Ogilvie Flour Mills Ltd.

Calder Calder Mills Ltd Built: _____; Demolished ?????

Photo Not Available Wrigley’s Saskatchewan Business Directory, 1921-22 , p. 880 – Mac Ford

Cannington Manor Moose Mountain Built by the Moose Mountain Trading Company c.1885-86; Demolished: c.1905

Trading (Possibly called Moose Mountain Milling Company) Company Mill See: http://saskhistoryonline.ca/fedora/repository/spcoll:2890

Also: Sask. Archives Photo: R-A12378 (1)-(2) - demolition

Henderson’s 1907 Directory, p. 2214 – Moose Mountain Trading Company

(Source: website)

Canora Canora Built: 1912; Burned c.1942

Milling Company See: “Canora: The City of Certainties”, ca. 1910, (Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan: R- E 2013.)

The History of Canora and District: 1910-1960, p. 51

(Source: ca.1910 Canora history)

Community Name Location / Comments

Carnduff Smith & Hunter Built: _____; Demolished ?????

Photo Not Available Flour Mill See: 1912: Heaton’s Annual Commercial Handbook of Canada, 1912, p. 261-269

(Source: website) Henderson’s 1907 Directory, p. 2214 – Smith & Hunter

Craik Craik Built: _____; Demolished ?????

Photo Not Available Flour and Feed See: Sask. Archives Photo: R-A25405 Mill (Source: website) Wrigley’s Saskatchewan Business Directory, 1921-22 , p. 880 – Craik Flour and Feed Mill

Cupar Dowd Milling Built: _____; Demolished ?????

Photo Not Available Company See: http://esask.uregina.ca/entry/milling.html

(Source: website) Henderson’s 1907 Directory, p. 2214 – Dowd Milling Company

Dubuc Joshua Bobier Built: pre-1907; Demolished ?????

Photo Not Available Flour Mill Henderson’s 1907 Directory, p. 2214 – Joshua S. Bobier

Duck Lake Stobart Built: ca. 1878; Demolished ?????

Photo Not Available Grist Mill See: “Humboldt on the Carlton Trail”, p. 23

Community Name Location / Comments

Duck Lake Duck Lake Built: _____; Demolished ?????

Milling See: Stobart Grist Mill? – Humboldt on the Carlton Trail, p. 23 Company See: http://esask.uregina.ca/entry/milling.html

Also: Sask. Archives Photo: R-A6753

Henderson’s 1907 Directory, p. 2214 – Duck Lake Milling Company

(Source: SAB photo: GM_RA-6753) Wrigley’s Saskatchewan Business Directory, 1921-22 , p. 880 – Central Sask. Flour Mills Ltd.

Esterhazy Esterhazy Built in 1904-07 : Restored and designated as a Provincial Heritage Property and as a National Historic Site: http://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=10427 Flour Mill See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esterhazy_Flour_Mill

and: 1912: Heaton’s Annual Commercial Handbook of Canada, 1912, p. 261-269

and: video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-xGr1PEOY4

(Source: Frank Korvemaker)

Estevan Estevan Built: _____; Demolished ?????

Milling Looks like a pressed metal façade Company SEE: http://www.prairie-towns.com/estevan-7.html

And: 1912: Heaton’s Annual Commercial Handbook of Canada, 1912, p. 261-269

Henderson’s 1907 Directory, p. 2214 – Estevan Milling Company (Estevan history)

Estevan History: A Tale that is Told, p. ___

Community Name Location / Comments

Foam Lake Foam Lake Built: pre-1912; Burned: 1959

Flour Mill See: http://esask.uregina.ca/entry/milling.html

Foam Lake History: They Came From Many Lands”, p. 146 – Mill moved from Manitoba in 1912 by Reimer and Weins; Harold Torfason was the owner in 1959

((Foam Lake history, p. 146)

Fort Qu’Appelle Fort Qu’Appelle Built: c.1885; Demolished ????? – operational in 1896

Photo Not Available / Qu’Appelle See: https://archive.org/stream/journamanl01mancuoft#page/268/mode/2up Valley Flour (Source: website) Mill https://archive.org/stream/cihm_30718#page/n31/mode/2up/search/flour

Gainsborough Cameron & Built: 1907-08; Gradually dismantled after 1918

Mawdsley See: http://www.prairie-towns.com/gainsborough-16.html Flour Mill Henderson’s 1907 Directory, p. 2214 – Cameron & Mawdsley

Gainsborough history: “Yesterday’s Prairie Wind”, p. 80-81

(Source: website)

Glenavon Grenfell Milling Built: _____; Demolished ?????

Photo Not Available and Elevator Wrigley’s Saskatchewan Business Directory, 1921-22 , p. 880 – Grenfell Milling & Elevator Company Company

Community Name Location / Comments

Goodwater Goodwater Built: _____; Demolished ?????

Photo Not Available Flour Mill See: List from Michelle Cabana, 7 April, 2015

(Source: Cabana)

Grayson Grenfell Milling Built: _____; Demolished ?????

Photo Not Available Company See: List from Michelle Cabana, 7 April, 2015

(Source: Cabana) Henderson’s 1907 Directory, p. 2215 – Grenfell Milling Company

Grenfell Grenfell Built: c.1890s; Burned: 1926

Milling & See: http://esask.uregina.ca/entry/milling.html Elevator Company and: 1912: Heaton’s Annual Commercial Handbook of Canada, 1912, p. 261-269

And: Grit and Growth: The Story of Grenfell, p. 74, 76

Henderson’s 1907 Directory, p. 2215 – Grenfell Milling Company

(Source: website) Wrigley’s Saskatchewan Business Directory, 1921-22 , p. 880 – Grenfell Milling & Elevator

Company

Community Name Location / Comments

Hague Klassen’s Built: 1901; Burned: 1945

Flour Mill See: http://esask.uregina.ca/entry/milling.html

Also: Sask. Archives photo: S-B4573 & S-B7333

Henderson’s 1907 Directory, p. 2215 – Union Supply Co.

Wrigley’s Saskatchewan Business Directory, 1921-22 , p. 880 – Hague Flour Mills

Osler local history, “Osler, The Early Years . . .and the One Room School” p. 20, 298, 299 – Hague Grist mill history and photo; Built by Klassen and Weibe; sold to union Supply in 1904

(Osler history, p. 20)

Hague Schmidt Built: _____; Demolished ?????

Photo Not Available Flour Mill Wrigley’s Saskatchewan Business Directory, 1921-22 , p. 880 – P.F. Schmidt

Harris Harris Built: _____; Demolished ?????

Flour Mills Wrigley’s Saskatchewan Business Directory, 1921-22 , p. 880 – Harris Flour Mills

(Source: Prairie Towns website)

Community Name Location / Comments

Herbert Herbert Built: 1906; Dismantled in 1950

Milling See: http://esask.uregina.ca/entry/milling.html Company and 1912: Heaton’s Annual Commercial Handbook of Canada, 1912, p. 261-269

and: http://www.ourroots.ca/e/page.aspx?id=524218, p. 240, 253

and: Sask. Archives Photo: R-A3324 (Source: website, p. 253)

Wrigley’s Saskatchewan Business Directory, 1921-22 , p. 880 – Herbert Milling Company

Rush Lake History; p. 109-110 - Herbert Mill built: 1906; dismantled 1950

Heward Heward Built: _____; Demolished ?????

Milling SEE: http://www.prairie-towns.com/heward-images.html Company Also: Sask. Archives Photo: R-A2554

Henderson’s 1907 Directory, p. 2215 – Heward Milling Company (Source: website)

Humboldt McNab and Built: 1912-13; Burned 1956

Chubb Flour See: http://www.prairie-towns.com/humboldt-23.html Mill SAIN website: http://sain.scaa.sk.ca/items/mcnab-chub-flour-mill-humboldt

SAIN website: http://sain.scaa.sk.ca/items/index.php/mcnab-flour-mill-fire-humboldt;rad (Source: website) http://sain.scaa.sk.ca/items/index.php/flour-mill-humboldt;rad

Under construction Wrigley’s Saskatchewan Business Directory, 1921-22 , p. 880 – McNab Mills Ltd

Community Name Location / Comments

Humboldt Humboldt Built : _____; Demolished ?????

Flour Mills

(Source: ____)

Indian Head Bell Farm Built: 1884 by A.J. Osment for Major W.R. Bell / Bell Farm ; sold in 1885; Burned down in September 1893 – not rebuilt by Bell Photo Not Available Grist / Flour Mill Alternate report: Built by Pray Manufacturing Company, of Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Indian Head Wilson’s Built by Wilson: 1899; operational until 1939; Demolished ?????

Flour Mill See: 1912: Heaton’s Annual Commercial Handbook of Canada, 1912, p. 261-269

See also: Glenbow photo: File number: NC-32-13

Wrigley’s Saskatchewan Business Directory, 1921-22 , p. 880 – Wilson’s Flour Mills

(Source: SAB: R-A 9915)

Community Name Location / Comments

Ituna Ituna Built: pre-1935; Demolished ?????

Photo Not Available Flour Mill Kelliher history: “Reflections: Kelliher - Jasmin District”, p. 193

Jasmin Jasmin Built: 1910; Equipment Moved to Kelliher: 1919

Photo Not Available Flour Mill See: http://esask.uregina.ca/entry/milling.html

(Source: website) Kelliher history: “Reflections: Kelliher - Jasmin District”, p. 259 - flour mill moved to

Kelliher in 1919, possibly from Jasmin? p. 132-133– Jasmin Flour Mill sold in 1915; also p. 193, etc. p. 255 – date Jasmin mill built

Kamsack Schindler’s Built: 1931; Closed: 1951; Demolished 1960s

Flour Mill See: Spinning stories : a woven history, Kamsack, Togo, Veregin, Runnymede, Cote , p. 44, 204 (photo)

(Source: Local history)

Kayville Majeran Built: c.1930; Burned: 1957

Flour Mill Built by Mike Majeran

Source: Parking Level Four: Kayville Timeline - http://parkinglevelfour.ca/people/25- kayville-timeline

(Source: website)

Community Name Location / Comments

Kelliher Kelliher Built: pre-1919; Burned: 1935

Photo Not Available Flour Mill Wrigley’s Saskatchewan Business Directory, 1921-22 , p. 880 – Kelliher Flour Mill

Kelliher history: “Reflections: Kelliher - Jasmin District”, p. 259 - flour mill moved to Kelliher in 1919, possibly from Jasmin? also p. 132-133 – Jasmin mill equipment moved to Kelliher, not the building.

Kincaid Kincaid Built: _____; Demolished ?????

Flour Mill Wrigley’s Saskatchewan Business Directory, 1921-22 , p. 880 – Kincaid Flour Mill

(Source: Prairie Towns website)

Kipling Grenfell Milling Built: _____; Demolished ?????

Photo Not Available and Elevator Wrigley’s Saskatchewan Business Directory, 1921-22 , p. 880 – Grenfell Milling and Company Elevator Company

Kipling Kipling Milling Built: _____; Demolished ?????

Photo Not Available Company Wrigley’s Saskatchewan Business Directory, 1921-22 , p. 880 –Kipling Milling Company

Community Name Location / Comments

Krydor Anderson Built: _____; Demolished ?????

Water Powered See: built on Anderson farm into creek NW of Krydor* Flour Mill

(Source: Heritage Branch slides - 1994)

Lafleche Lafleche Built: _____; Demolished ?????

Flour Mills See: Our Towns website: http://www.prairie-towns.com/lafleche-images.html

(Source: website)

Langenburg Echo Milling Built: _____; Demolished ?????

Photo Not Available Company Henderson’s 1907 Directory, p. 2215 – Echo Milling Company

Langham Langham Built: _____; Demolished ?????

Photo Not Available Milling See: List from Michelle Cabana, 7 April, 2015 Company (Source: Cabana) Henderson’s 1907 Directory, p. 2215 – Langham Milling Company

Community Name Location / Comments

Lanigan Lanigan Built: _____; Demolished ????? Flour Mill Photo Not Available See: http://esask.uregina.ca/entry/milling.html (Source: website)

Leader Wanner Flour Built: _____; Demolished ?????

Mill Wrigley’s Saskatchewan Business Directory, 1921-22 , p. 880 – M. Wanner

(Source: Prairie Towns website)

Lemberg Lemberg Built: 1906; Demolished ?????

Flour Mills See: 1912: Heaton’s Annual Commercial Handbook of Canada, 1912, p. 261-269

See: Pages from the Past: History of Lemberg and District, p. 28, 29, 53. Built for Fred Karlenzig

Henderson’s 1907 Directory, p. 2215 – Lemberg Flour Mills

(Source: Lemberg history)

Leney Leney Built: _____; Demolished ?????

Photo Not Available Flour Mill See: http://esask.uregina.ca/entry/milling.html

(Source: website)

Community Name Location / Comments

Lestock Lestock Built:1923; Burned: 1925 or 1926

Photo Not Available Flour Mill Kelliher – Jasmin history, p. 134 -

Lloydminster Lloydminster Built: _____; Demolished ?????

Photo Not Available Flour Mill (#1) See: http://esask.uregina.ca/entry/milling.html

(Source: website)

Lloydminster Hay Milling Built: _____; Demolished ?????

Photo Not Available Company - See: http://esask.uregina.ca/entry/milling.html Lloydminster (Source: website) (#2) and: 1912: Heaton’s Annual Commercial Handbook of Canada, 1912, p. 261-269

Henderson’s 1907 Directory, p. 2215 – Hay Milling Company

Wrigley’s Saskatchewan Business Directory, 1921-22 , p. 880 – White & Reid

Lumsden Hall Milling Built: _____; Demolished ?????

Company See: http://www.brothersfive.ca/sb_lumsden.html

and: 1912: Heaton’s Annual Commercial Handbook of Canada, 1912, p. 261-269

and: http://sain.scaa.sk.ca/items/index.php/flour-mills-lumsden;rad

Henderson’s 1907 Directory, p. 2215 – Hall Milling Company

Wrigley’s Saskatchewan Business Directory, 1921-22 , p. 880 – Dwyer Elevator Co. Ltd. (Source: SAIN website)

Community Name Location / Comments

Maple Creek Maple Creek Built: _____; Demolished ?????

Photo Not Available Flour Mill See: http://esask.uregina.ca/entry/milling.html

(Source: website) Wrigley’s Saskatchewan Business Directory, 1921-22 , p. 880 – Maple Creek Light, Power

& Milling Co. Ltd.

Markinch Harn Bros Flour Built: _____; Demolished ?????

Photo Not Available Mill See: List from Michelle Cabana, 7 April, 2015

(Source: Cabana) Henderson’s 1907 Directory, p. 2215 – Harn Brothers

Melfort Turner & Built: 1904; Demolished ?????

McMichael Mills See: Overgard Directories; 1953, p. 27 (photo)

Henderson’s 1907 Directory, p. 2215 – Turner & McMichael Mills

Sask. Encyclopedia, p. 258

(Source: Directory)

Melville Melville Built: _____; Demolished ?????

Milling See: http://esask.uregina.ca/entry/milling.html Company And: Overgard Directories; 1939, p. 172 (photo)

(Source: Overgard)

Community Name Location / Comments

Midale W. McFaden Built __; Demolished ????? Mill Photo Not Available Henderson’s 1907 Directory, p. 2215 – W. McFaden

Moose Jaw Robin Hood Built 188__; Burned and Rebuilt: 1911

Flour Mills # 1 See: All the Moose . . . all the Jaw, p. 39

Henderson’s 1907 Directory, p. 2215 – Donald McLean

(Source: History Book, p. 54)

Moose Jaw Robin Hood Opened 1912;

Flour Mills # 2 See: http://peel.library.ualberta.ca/postcards/PC002575.html

and: 1912: Heaton’s Annual Commercial Handbook of Canada, 1912, p. 261-269

And: Overgard Directory, 1953-54, back advertising section (photo)

Wrigley’s Saskatchewan Business Directory, 1921-22 , p. 880 – -- Robin Hood Mills Ltd

(Source: Prairie Towns website) And: Prairie Towns website: http://www.prairie-towns.com/moosejaw-6.html

Moose Jaw C.H. Boyd Opened _____; Demolished ?????? Flour Mill Photo Not Available Wrigley’s Saskatchewan Business Directory, 1921-22 , p. 880 – C.H. Boyd Ltd. (Moose Jaw # 3)

Community Name Location / Comments

Moosomin Assiniboia Built: 1887; Demolished ?????

Roller Flour See: 1912: Heaton’s Annual Commercial Handbook of Canada, 1912, p. 261-269 Mills / Moosomin And: http://www.ourroots.ca/e/page.aspx?id=2884976, p. 176 Flour Mill And: http://ourroots.ca/e/page.aspx?id=485908 – 1888 – owned by Theodore Fletcher

Also: Sask. Archives Photo: R-A21018

Henderson’s 1907 Directory, p. 2215 – Lake of the Woods Milling Company

(Source: Our Roots, p. 176)

Moosomin Sutcliffe-Muir Built: 1904; Demolished ?????

Milling Henderson’s 1907 Directory, p. 2215 – Sutcliffe & Muir Milling Company Company Moosomin, 1912 promotional booklet – built in 1904

(Source: 1912 booklet)

Mortlach Bissel Flour Mill Built: _____; Demolished ?????

Photo Not Available Wrigley’s Saskatchewan Business Directory, 1921-22 , p. 880 – E.C. Bissel

Community Name Location / Comments

Nokomis Nokomis Built: _____; Burned: c. 1911

Photo Not Available Flour Mill See: List from Michelle Cabana, 7 April, 2015

(Source: Cabana) Watrous history, p. 497 – mill in Nokomis burned down

North Battleford North Battleford Built: pre1914; Demolished ?????

Flour Mill See: http://esask.uregina.ca/entry/milling.html

and: 1912: Heaton’s Annual Commercial Handbook of Canada, 1912, p. 261-269

And : http://www.ourroots.ca/e/page.aspx?id=172143, p. 14

And: http://www.ourroots.ca/e/page.aspx?id=171616 (Source: website)

Wrigley’s Saskatchewan Business Directory, 1921-22 , p. 880 – Union Supply Co. Ltd.

Ogema Ogema Built: 1921; Demolished: c.1944; top became a barn

Flour Mills See: local history: Prairie Grass to Golden Grain, p. 47-48

(Source: local history, p. 47)

Community Name Location / Comments

Outlook Outlook Built: 1910; Demolished: 1948

Flour Mill See: http://esask.uregina.ca/entry/milling.html

And: 1912: Heaton’s Annual Commercial Handbook of Canada, 1912, p. 261-269

And, Prairie Towns website: http://www.prairie-towns.com/outlook-83.html

(Source: Prairie Towns website)

Pangman Pangman Built: _____; Demolished ?????

Photo Not Available Flour Mill See: List from Michelle Cabana, 7 April, 2015

(Source: Cabana) Wrigley’s Saskatchewan Business Directory, 1921-22 , p. 880 – Phil J. Isaac

Pavlovo Doukhobor Built: c.1904; Demolished ?????

Photo Not Available Flour Mill See: Swan River history, p. 123

(Source: Swan River history)

Community Name Location / Comments

Pelly Perry’s Built: 1913; Demolished ?????

Grist / Flour See: History coming alive : R.M. of St. Philips, Pelly and district. Volume 1, p. 67 Mill

(Source: History book , p. 67)

Preeceville Rattray’s Built: 1923; Demolished: c.1943

Flour Mill See: https://cdm22007.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p22007coll8/id/275147/rec/10

(Preeceville history p. 70)

Prince Albert Henry Moore’s Built: 1877; Demolished ______

Grist Mill See: Prince Albert: The First Century, by Gary Abrams, p. 19 (Prince Albert # 1) – steam And: Gateway to the North: A Pictorial History of Prince Albert, by Brock V. Silversides, p. operated 32 (sketch)

Also: http://www.ourroots.ca/e/page.aspx?id=961010, p. 37 (1882)

(Source: website)

Community Name Location / Comments

Prince Albert Thomas McKay Built: 1880; Demolished ______?????

Photo Not Available Grist Mill See: Prince Albert: The First Century, by Gary Abrams, p. 19 (Prince Albert # (Source: website) 2) – water

operated

Prince Albert Thomas McKay Built: 1880; Demolished ______

Photo Not Available Grist Mill See: Prince Albert: The First Century, by Gary Abrams, p. 19 (Prince Albert # (Source: website) 3) – steam

operated

Prince Albert Joseph Kidd Built: 1894; Demolished _____

Flour Mill See: http://www.ourroots.ca/e/page.aspx?id=2883497 (Prince Albert # P. 50 4) See: Prince Albert: The First Century, by Gary Abrams, p. 100

Also: Sask. Archives Photos: Farmers and Kidd: R-B151 (1)-(2)

(Source: website)

Community Name Location / Comments

Prince Albert Hudson’s Bay Built: 189 ?; Demolished ?????

Company See: 1912: Heaton’s Annual Commercial Handbook of Canada, 1912, p. 261-269 Flour Mill (Prince Albert # See: Prince Albert: The First Century, by Gary Abrams, p. 215 5) And; http://sain.scaa.sk.ca/items/index.php/north-saskatchewan-river-at-prince-albert;rad (photo)

Henderson’s 1907 Directory, p. 2215 – Hudson’s Bay Company

(Source: website)

Prince Albert Prince Albert Built: pre 1909; Demolished ?????

Flour Mill (# 6) See: http://sain.scaa.sk.ca/items/index.php/flour-mill-railroad-prince-albert- saskatchewan;rad

See: Prince Albert: The First Century, by Gary Abrams, p. 215

(Source: website) - Saskatchewan booklet, c.1909

Prince Albert Prince Albert Built: _____; Demolished ?????

Photo Not Available Flour Mill (# 7) See: 1912: Heaton’s Annual Commercial Handbook of Canada, 1912, p. 261-269

(Source: website) Possibly Sask. Archives Photo of Farmers’ Flour Mill: R-A1805

Possibly: One Northern Milling Company – 339-16th Street West. - Wrigley’s Saskatchewan

Business Directory, 1921-22 , p. 880 –

Community Name Location / Comments

Prince Albert Prince Albert Built: _____; Demolished ?????

Photo Not Available (Waskesiu) See: 1953-54 Overgard Directory, p. 699 Flour Mill (Source: website)

Qu’Appelle McMillan Built: 1885; Burned: 1910

Flour Mill See: Qu’Appelle: Footprints to Progress, p. 42, 54-55, 82, 138-139.

Also: Sask. Archives Photo: R-A18172

https://archive.org/stream/cihm_30718#page/n9/mode/2up/search/flour

Also: Qu’Appelle Progress: 28 April 1887

(Source: History Book, p. 54) Henderson’s 1907 Directory, p. 2215 – Moore Milling Company

Radisson Radisson Built: 1908; Burned: 1942

Flour Mill See: http://www.prairie-towns.com/radisson-14.html

and: 1912: Heaton’s Annual Commercial Handbook of Canada, 1912, p. 261-269

and: Reflections of Radisson: 1902-1982, p. 17, 51-53 – operated by A.J. Spence family

Wrigley’s Saskatchewan Business Directory, 1921-22 , p. 880 – Radisson Milling Co. Ltd.

(Source: Radisson history, p. 53)

Community Name Location / Comments

Raymore Raymore Built: pre-1935; Demolished ?????

Photo Not Available Flour Mill Kelliher history: “Reflections: Kelliher - Jasmin District”, p. 193

Redvers Kelly A. Milling Built: _____; Demolished ?????

Photo Not Available Company Henderson’s 1907 Directory, p. 2215 – Kelly A. Milling Company

(Source: website)

Redvers Western Canada Built: _____; Demolished ?????

Photo Not Available Milling Henderson’s 1907 Directory, p. 2215 – Western Canada Milling Company Company (Source: website)

Regina Western Built: c.1894; Demolished: ______

Milling and Company (Regina Mill # 1) See: 1912: Heaton’s Annual Commercial Handbook of Canada, 1912, p. 261-269

Possibly also: Sask. Archives Photo: R-A12161 - 1894

Henderson’s 1907 Directory, p. 2216 – Western Canada Milling Company (Source: SAB: ____)

Regina Regina Built: _____; Demolished ?????

Photo Not Available Flour Mill See: 1912: Heaton’s Annual Commercial Handbook of Canada, 1912, p. 261-269 Company (Source: website) (Regina Mill # 2) Henderson’s 1907 Directory, p. 2216 – Arthur T. Hunter & F.C. Smith proprietors

Community Name Location / Comments

Riverhurst Shaw Flour Mill Built: _____; Demolished ?????

Photo Not Available Wrigley’s Saskatchewan Business Directory, 1921-22 , p. 880 – L.H. Shaw

Rocanville Kelly Milling Built: _____; Demolished ?????

Photo Not Available Company Henderson’s 1907 Directory, p. 2216 - Kelly Milling Company

Rosetown Rosetown Built: _____; Demolished ?????

Photo Not Available Flour Mill See: List from Michelle Cabana, 7 April, 2015

(Source: Cabana)

Rosthern Neufeld Built: 1897; Burned: 1908

Flour Mill (# 1) See: http://www.ourroots.ca/e/page.aspx?id=2883497 – p. 47

(Source: CPS – 7, Western Canada 1909, Cohnstaedt Letters, p. 24)

Community Name Location / Comments

Rosthern Rosthern Rebuilt 1908; Burned 1919

Milling See: http://www.ourroots.ca/e/page.aspx?id=2883497 – p. 48 Company (# 2) and: 1912: Heaton’s Annual Commercial Handbook of Canada, 1912, p. 261-269

And: http://www.ourroots.ca/page.aspx?id=2883504&qryID=5fe2c2a0-a749-4b0f- b9f9-ef00737cbc97, p. 48

(Source: website, p. 48)

Rosthern Union Supply Built: 1907; Burned: 1946

Company Mill See: http://www.prairie-towns.com/rosthern-4.html (Rosthern Mill # 3) And http://www.ourroots.ca/e/page.aspx?id=2883497 – p. 48-50

and: 1912: Heaton’s Annual Commercial Handbook of Canada, 1912, p. 261-269

Wrigley’s Saskatchewan Business Directory, 1921-22 , p. 880 – Union Supply Company Ltd.

(Source: website, p. 48)

Rouleau Rouleau Built: _____; Demolished ?????

Photo Not Available Flour Mill See: List from Michelle Cabana, 7 April, 2015

(Source: Cabana)

Community Name Location / Comments

Saltcoats McCracken Built: pre-1907; Demolished ?????

Milling Company See: http://www.prairie-towns.com/saltcoats-10.html

and: 1912: Heaton’s Annual Commercial Handbook of Canada, 1912, p. 261-269

Henderson’s 1907 Directory, p. 2216 – G.R. McCracken Milling Company Ltd.

City of Yorkton Archives, with stone fire wall between the mill and the elevator (Source: City of Yorkton archives)

Saskatoon Leslie & Wilson Built: c. 1903; Demolished: 1910 ?????? Flour Mill (# 1) See: Sask. Archives Photo: S-B7649 – possibly same image

Also: photo – Saskatoon Public Library: LH-4910 – website:

Henderson’s 1907 Directory, p. 2216 – Saskatoon Milling & Elevator Company

(Source: website)

Saskatoon Quaker Oats Built: 1909; demolished 2015

Flour Mill See: http://www.prairie-towns.com/saskatoon-10.html (# 2) and: 1912: Heaton’s Annual Commercial Handbook of Canada, 1912, p. 261-269

Wrigley’s Saskatchewan Business Directory, 1921-22 , p. 880 – Quaker Oats Company

Star-Phoenix report, June 16, 2015: https://thestarphoenix.com/news/local-news/parrish-and- heimbecker-mill-to-be-demolished-saturday (Source: website)

Community Name Location / Comments

Saskatoon Saskatoon Built: _____; Demolished ?????

Photo Not Available Flour Mill (# 3) See: 1912: Heaton’s Annual Commercial Handbook of Canada, 1912, p. 261-269

(Source: website)

Shaunavon Shaunavon Built: _____; Demolished ?????

Photo Not Available Flour Mill See: List from Michelle Cabana, 7 April, 2015

(Source: Cabana) Wrigley’s Saskatchewan Business Directory, 1921-22 , p. 880 – Shaunavon Light, Power & Milling Company

Shellbrook Shellbrook Built: _____; Demolished ?????

Flour Mill See: http://esask.uregina.ca/entry/milling.html

also: Sask. Archives Photo: R-A8352

(Source: SAB website)

Stanley Mission Stanley Mission Built: 1870-71; Demolished _____

Photo Not Available Grist Mill (#1) – See: Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Stanley Mission, by Frank Korvemaker, 1982, p. 11 Horse Powered (Source: website)

Community Name Location / Comments

Stanley Mission Stanley Mission Built: 1873-74; Demolished _____

Photo Not Available Grist Mill (#2) – See: Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Stanley Mission, by Frank Korvemaker, 1982, p. 11 Water Powered (Source: website)

Swift Current Ford Milling & Built: 1910; Demolished: ??????

Grain Co See: http://www.prairie-towns.com/swiftcurrent-56.html And The Green and Growing Years: Swift Current 1907-1914, p. 45

and: 1912: Heaton’s Annual Commercial Handbook of Canada, 1912, p. 261-269

(Source: History, p. 45)

Tisdale Carrot River Built: _____; Demolished ?????

Photo Not Available Valley Mills Ltd. Wrigley’s Saskatchewan Business Directory, 1921-22 , p. 880 – Carrot River Valley Mills

Ltd.

Tyvan Dowd Milling Built: _____; Demolished ?????

Photo Not Available Company Henderson’s 1907 Directory, p. 2216 – Dowd Milling Company

(Source: Cabana)

___?__ Valley Sutcliffe & Muir Built: _____; Demolished ?????

Photo Not Available Milling Henderson’s 1907 Directory, p. 2216 – Sutcliffe & Muir Company (Source: Cabana)

Community Name Location / Comments

Vasnisennie Doukhobor Built: 1904; closed by 1915; Demolished ?????

Photo Not Available Flour Mill See: Swan River history, p. 123

Source: Swan River history

Veregin Doukhobor Built: 1906; Burned 1930 Flour Mill See Also: Spinning stories : a woven history, Kamsack, Togo, Veregin, Runnymede, Cote , p. 204