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Illustrated Inventory of Flour and Grist Mills in Saskatchewan

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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, 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 to mid-

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 135 mills that have been located to date. They were constructed during the 75-year period 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. While a few of those mills were of masonry (stone or brick) construction, most were wood frame structures. 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 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.

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. 19, 2019

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

https://cdm22007.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p22007coll8

mailto:[email protected]

Community

Name

Location / Comments

Aberdeen

(Source: website)

Aberdeen

Milling

Company

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

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

And: http://www.ourroots.ca/e/page.aspx?id=312862, p. 19 (Feb 1911)

Abernethy

Photo Not Available

(Source: Cabana)

Alexander

Milling

Company

Built: _____; Demolished ?????

See: List from Michelle Cabana, 7 April, 2015

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

Admiral

Photo Not Available

Admiral

Feed Mill

Built: 1917; Demolished ?????

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

Photo Not Available

(Source: website)

Annaheim

Flour Mill


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

http://www.ourroots.ca/e/page.aspx?id=312862


Community

Name

Location / Comments

Arcola # 1

Photo Not Available

(Source: ???)

Arcola

Flour Mill

Built: _____; Burned: July 1906

See: Manor Advocate: 20 July 1906, p 2

Arcola # 2

Photo Not Available

(Source: website)

Arcola

Milling

Company



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

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

Asquith

(Source: website)

Badger’s

Flour Mill

Built: c.1911; Burned: 1927

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.

Balcarres

Photo Not Available

Alexander

Milling

Company


See:

http://www.prairie-towns.com/balgonie-7.html

Also: Sask. Archives Photo: R-A10083

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

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

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

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


Community

Name

Location / Comments

Balgonie

(Source: :website)

Balgonie

Milling

Company

Built: 1904; Demolished c.1917

See: http://www.prairie-towns.com/balgonie-7.html


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

Balgonie history, p. 156-157

Battleford

(Source: Now and Then, p. 171)

Bishop

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



Community

Name

Location / Comments

Battleford

(Source: Now and Then, p. 165)

Prince Bros.

Milling

Company

Built: 1883; Burned: 1908

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

Birch Hills

(Local History: p. 68)

Finch Edwin

Flour Mill

Built: 1906; Equipment sold in 1935

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

Blagodadmier

Photo Not Available

(Source: Swan River history)

Doukhobor

Flour Mill

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

See: Swan River history, p. 124 - only operated a short time


Community

Name

Location / Comments

Blaine Lake

Photo Not Available

(Source: website)

Blaine Lake

Flour Mill



Blaine Lake area

Photo Not Available

Radouga Creek

Flour Mill

Built: c.1905; Demolished c.1910

Blaine Lake history, p. 33

Borden

(Source: website)

Redberry Rolled

Wheat Mill;

later the

Redberry Food

Company

Built: 1931-37 by Metro Koseruba; relocated to Saskatoon in 1940; Demolished

__________?

See: http://www.ourroots.ca/e/page.aspx?id=1077435

Broadview

Photo Not Available

(Source: Cabana)

Broadview

Flour Mill


Crooked Lake Indian Agency


Bulyea

Photo Not Available

Maple Leaf

Milling

Company


Wrigley’s Saskatchewan Business Directory, 1921-22 , p. 880 – Maple Leaf Milling

Company



Community

Name

Location / Comments

Bulyea

Photo Not Available

Ogilvie Flour

Mills Ltd


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

Calder

Photo Not Available

Calder Mills Ltd


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

Cannington Manor

(Source: website)

Moose Mountain

Trading

Company Mill

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

(Possibly called Moose Mountain Milling Company)

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

Canora

(Source: ca.1910 Canora history)

Canora

Milling

Company

Built: 1912; Burned c.1942

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

http://saskhistoryonline.ca/fedora/repository/spcoll:2890

Community

Name

Location / Comments

Carnduff

Photo Not Available

(Source: website)

Smith & Hunter

Flour Mill



Henderson’s 1907 Directory, p. 2214 – Smith & Hunter

Craik

Photo Not Available

(Source: website)

Craik

Flour and Feed

Mill


See: Sask. Archives Photo: R-A25405

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

Cupar

Photo Not Available

(Source: website)

Dowd Milling

Company



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

Dubuc

Photo Not Available

Joshua Bobier

Flour Mill

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

Henderson’s 1907 Directory, p. 2214 – Joshua S. Bobier

Duck Lake

Photo Not Available

Stobart

Grist Mill

Built: ca. 1878; Demolished ?????

See: “Humboldt on the Carlton Trail”, p. 23


Community

Name

Location / Comments

Duck Lake

(Source: SAB photo: GM_RA-6753)

Duck Lake

Milling

Company


See: Stobart Grist Mill? – Humboldt on the Carlton Trail, p. 23



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

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

Ltd.

Esterhazy

(Source: Frank Korvemaker)

Esterhazy

Flour Mill

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

See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esterhazy_Flour_Mill


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

Estevan

(Estevan history)

Estevan

Milling

Company


Looks like a pressed metal façade

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: A Tale that is Told, p. ___


http://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=10427

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esterhazy_Flour_Mill

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

http://www.prairie-towns.com/estevan-7.html

Community

Name

Location / Comments

Foam Lake

((Foam Lake history, p. 146)

Foam Lake

Flour Mill

Built: pre-1912; Burned: 1959


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

Fort Qu’Appelle

Photo Not Available

(Source: website)

Fort Qu’Appelle

/ Qu’Appelle

Valley Flour

Mill

Built: c.1885; Demolished ????? – operational in 1896

See: https://archive.org/stream/journamanl01mancuoft#page/268/mode/2up

https://archive.org/stream/cihm_30718#page/n31/mode/2up/search/flour

Gainsborough

(Source: website)

Cameron &

Mawdsley

Flour Mill

Built: 1907-08; Gradually dismantled after 1918

See: http://www.prairie-towns.com/gainsborough-16.html

Henderson’s 1907 Directory, p. 2214 – Cameron & Mawdsley

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

Glenavon

Photo Not Available

Grenfell Milling

and Elevator

Company


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

Company


https://archive.org/stream/journamanl01mancuoft#page/268/mode/2up


http://www.prairie-towns.com/gainsborough-16.html

Community

Name

Location / Comments

Goodwater

Photo Not Available

(Source: Cabana)

Goodwater

Flour Mill



Grayson

Photo Not Available

(Source: Cabana)

Grenfell Milling

Company



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

Grenfell

(Source: website)

Grenfell

Milling &

Elevator

Company

Built: c.1890s; Burned: 1926



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

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

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

Company


Community

Name

Location / Comments

Hague

(Osler history, p. 20)

Klassen’s

Flour Mill



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

Hague

Photo Not Available

Schmidt

Flour Mill


Wrigley’s Saskatchewan Business Directory, 1921-22 , p. 880 – P.F. Schmidt

Harris

Photo Not Available

Harris

Flour Mills


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


Community

Name

Location / Comments

Herbert

(Source: website, p. 253)

Herbert

Milling

Company

Built: 1906; Dismantled in 1950


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

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

(Source: website)

Heward

Milling

Company


SEE: http://www.prairie-towns.com/heward-images.html


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

Humboldt

(Source: website)

McNab and

Chubb Flour

Mill

Under construction

Built: 1912-13; Burned 1956

See: http://www.prairie-towns.com/humboldt-23.html

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

http://sain.scaa.sk.ca/items/index.php/flour-mill-humboldt;rad

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



http://www.prairie-towns.com/heward-images.html

http://www.prairie-towns.com/humboldt-23.html

http://sain.scaa.sk.ca/items/mcnab-chub-flour-mill-humboldt

http://sain.scaa.sk.ca/items/index.php/mcnab-flour-mill-fire-humboldt;rad

http://sain.scaa.sk.ca/items/index.php/flour-mill-humboldt;rad

Community

Name

Location / Comments

Humboldt

(Source: ____)

Humboldt

Flour Mills

Built : _____; Demolished ?????

Indian Head

Photo Not Available

Bell Farm

Grist / Flour

Mill

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

Alternate report: Built by Pray Manufacturing Company, of Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Indian Head

(Source: SAB: R-A 9915)

Wilson’s

Flour Mill

Built by Wilson: 1899; operational until 1939; Demolished ?????


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

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

Community

Name

Location / Comments

Ituna

Photo Not Available

Ituna

Flour Mill


Kelliher history: “Reflections: Kelliher - Jasmin District”, p. 193

Jasmin

Photo Not Available

(Source: website)

Jasmin

Flour Mill

Built: 1910; Equipment Moved to Kelliher: 1919


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

(Source: Local history)

Schindler’s

Flour Mill

Built: 1931; Closed: 1951; Demolished 1960s

See: Spinning stories : a woven history, Kamsack, Togo, Veregin, Runnymede, Cote , p. 44,

204 (photo)

Kayville

(Source: website)

Majeran

Flour Mill

Built: c.1930; Burned: 1957

Built by Mike Majeran

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

kayville-timeline


http://parkinglevelfour.ca/people/25-kayville-timeline

http://parkinglevelfour.ca/people/25-kayville-timeline

Community

Name

Location / Comments

Kelliher

Photo Not Available

Kelliher

Flour Mill

Built: pre-1919; Burned: 1935

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

Photo Not Available

Kincaid

Flour Mill


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

Kipling

Photo Not Available

Grenfell Milling

and Elevator

Company


Wrigley’s Saskatchewan Business Directory, 1921-22 , p. 880 – Grenfell Milling and

Elevator Company

Kipling

Photo Not Available

Kipling Milling

Company


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

Community

Name

Location / Comments

Krydor

(Source: Heritage Branch slides - 1994)

Anderson

Water Powered

Flour Mill


See: built on Anderson farm into creek NW of Krydor*

Lafleche

(Source: website)

Lafleche

Flour Mills


See: Our Towns website:

http://www.prairie-towns.com/lafleche-images.html

Langenburg

Photo Not Available

Echo Milling

Company


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

Langham

Photo Not Available

(Source: Cabana)

Langham

Milling

Company



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

http://www.prairie-towns.com/lafleche-images.html

Community

Name

Location / Comments

Lanigan

Photo Not Available

(Source: website)

Lanigan

Flour Mill



Leader

Photo Not Available

Wanner Flour

Mill


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

Lemberg

(Source: Lemberg history)

Lemberg

Flour Mills



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

Leney

Photo Not Available

(Source: website)

Leney

Flour Mill



Lestock

Photo Not Available

Lestock

Flour Mill

Built:1923; Burned: 1925 or 1926

Kelliher – Jasmin history, p. 134 -



Community

Name

Location / Comments

Lloydminster

Photo Not Available

(Source: website)

Lloydminster

Flour Mill (#1)



Lloydminster

Photo Not Available

(Source: website)

Hay Milling

Company -

Lloydminster

(#2)




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

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

Lumsden

(Source: SAIN website)

Hall Milling

Company


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


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.

Maple Creek

Photo Not Available

(Source: website)

Maple Creek

Flour Mill



Wrigley’s Saskatchewan Business Directory, 1921-22 , p. 880 – Maple Creek Light, Power

& Milling Co. Ltd.



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

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


Community

Name

Location / Comments

Markinch

Photo Not Available

(Source: Cabana)

Harn Bros Flour

Mill



Henderson’s 1907 Directory, p. 2215 – Harn Brothers

(Source: Directory)

Turner &

McMichael Mills


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

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

Sask. Encyclopedia, p. 258

Melville

(Source: Overgard)

Melville

Milling

Company



And: Overgard Directories; 1939, p. 172 (photo)

Midale

Photo Not Available

W. McFaden

Mill

Built __; Demolished ?????

Henderson’s 1907 Directory, p. 2215 – W. McFaden


Community

Name

Location / Comments

Moose Jaw

(Source: History Book, p. 54)

Robin Hood

Flour Mills # 1

Built 188__; Burned and Rebuilt: 1911

See: All the Moose . . . all the Jaw, p. 39

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

Moose Jaw

(Source: Prairie Towns website)

Robin Hood

Flour Mills # 2

Opened 1912;

See: http://peel.library.ualberta.ca/postcards/PC002575.html


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

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

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

Moose Jaw

Photo Not Available

C.H. Boyd

Flour Mill

(Moose Jaw # 3)

Opened _____; Demolished ??????

Wrigley’s Saskatchewan Business Directory, 1921-22 , p. 880 – C.H. Boyd Ltd.

http://peel.library.ualberta.ca/postcards/PC002575.html

http://www.prairie-towns.com/moosejaw-6.html

Community

Name

Location / Comments

Moosomin

(Source: Our Roots, p. 176)

Assiniboia

Roller Flour

Mills /

Moosomin

Flour Mill



And: http://www.ourroots.ca/e/page.aspx?id=2884976, p. 176

And: http://ourroots.ca/e/page.aspx?id=485908 – 1888 – owned by Theodore Fletcher


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

Moosomin

Photo Not Available

(Source: Cabana)

Sutcliffe-Muir

Milling

Company


Henderson’s 1907 Directory, p. 2215 – Sutcliffe & Muir Milling Company

Moosomin, 1912 promotional booklet – built in 1904

Mortlach

Photo Not Available

Bissel Flour Mill


Wrigley’s Saskatchewan Business Directory, 1921-22 , p. 880 – E.C. Bissel

Nokomis

Photo Not Available

(Source: Cabana)

Nokomis

Flour Mill




http://ourroots.ca/e/page.aspx?id=485908

Community

Name

Location / Comments

North Battleford

(Source: website)

North Battleford

Flour Mill

Built: pre1914; Demolished ?????



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

And: http://www.ourroots.ca/e/page.aspx?id=171616

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

Ogema

(Source: local history, p. 47)

Ogema

Flour Mills

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

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

Outlook


Outlook

Flour Mill

Built: 1910; Demolished: 1948


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





http://www.prairie-towns.com/outlook-83.html

Community

Name

Location / Comments

Pangman

Photo Not Available

(Source: Cabana)

Pangman

Flour Mill



Wrigley’s Saskatchewan Business Directory, 1921-22 , p. 880 – Phil J. Isaac

Pavlovo

Photo Not Available


Doukhobor

Flour Mill

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

See: Swan River history, p. 123

Pelly

(Source: History book , p. 67)

Perry’s

Grist / Flour

Mill


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

Community

Name

Location / Comments

Preeceville

(Preeceville history p. 70)

Rattray’s

Flour Mill

Built: 1923; Demolished: c.1943

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

Prince Albert

(Source: website)

Henry Moore’s

Grist Mill

(Prince Albert #

1) – steam

operated

Built: 1877; Demolished ______

See: Prince Albert: The First Century, by Gary Abrams, p. 19

And: Gateway to the North: A Pictorial History of Prince Albert, by Brock V. Silversides, p.

32 (sketch)

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

Prince Albert

Photo Not Available

(Source: website)

Thomas McKay

Grist Mill

(Prince Albert #

2) – water

operated

Built: 1880; Demolished ______?????


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


Community

Name

Location / Comments

Prince Albert

Photo Not Available

(Source: website)

Thomas McKay

Grist Mill

(Prince Albert #

3) – steam

operated

Built: 1880; Demolished ______


Prince Albert

(Source: website)

Joseph Kidd

Flour Mill

(Prince Albert #

4)

Built: 1894; Demolished _____

See: http://www.ourroots.ca/e/page.aspx?id=2883497

P. 50


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

Prince Albert

(Source: website)

Hudson’s Bay

Company

Flour Mill

(Prince Albert #

5)

Built: 189 ?; Demolished ?????



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


http://sain.scaa.sk.ca/items/index.php/north-saskatchewan-river-at-prince-albert;rad

Community

Name

Location / Comments

Prince Albert

(Source: website)

Prince Albert

Flour Mill (# 6)

Built: pre 1909; Demolished ?????

See: http://sain.scaa.sk.ca/items/index.php/flour-mill-railroad-prince-albert-

saskatchewan;rad


- Saskatchewan booklet, c.1909

Prince Albert

Photo Not Available

(Source: website)

Prince Albert

Flour Mill (# 7)



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 –

Prince Albert

Photo Not Available

(Source: website)

Prince Albert

(Waskesiu)

Flour Mill


See: 1953-54 Overgard Directory, p. 699

http://sain.scaa.sk.ca/items/index.php/flour-mill-railroad-prince-albert-saskatchewan;rad

http://sain.scaa.sk.ca/items/index.php/flour-mill-railroad-prince-albert-saskatchewan;rad

Community

Name

Location / Comments

Qu’Appelle

(Source: History Book, p. 54)

McMillan

Flour Mill


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



Also: Qu’Appelle Progress: 28 April 1887

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

Radisson

(Source: Radisson history, p. 53)

Radisson

Flour Mill


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


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.

Raymore

Photo Not Available

Raymore

Flour Mill


Kelliher history: “Reflections: Kelliher - Jasmin District”, p. 193

Redvers

Photo Not Available

(Source: website)

Kelly A. Milling

Company


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

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


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

Community

Name

Location / Comments

Redvers

Photo Not Available

(Source: website)

Western Canada

Milling

Company


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

Regina

(Source: SAB: ____)

Western

Milling

Company

(Regina Mill # 1)

Built: c.1894; Demolished: ______

and


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

Henderson’s 1907 Directory, p. 2216 – Western Canada Milling Company

Regina

Photo Not Available

(Source: website)

Regina

Flour Mill

Company

(Regina Mill

# 2)



Henderson’s 1907 Directory, p. 2216 – Arthur T. Hunter & F.C. Smith proprietors

Riverhurst

Photo Not Available

Shaw Flour Mill


Wrigley’s Saskatchewan Business Directory, 1921-22 , p. 880 – L.H. Shaw

Rocanville

Photo Not Available

Kelly Milling

Company


Henderson’s 1907 Directory, p. 2216 - Kelly Milling Company

Community

Name

Location / Comments

Rosetown

Photo Not Available

(Source: Cabana)

Rosetown

Flour Mill



Rosthern

(Source: CPS – 7, Western Canada 1909,

Cohnstaedt Letters, p. 24)

Neufeld

Flour Mill (# 1)


See: http://www.ourroots.ca/e/page.aspx?id=2883497 – p. 47

Rosthern


Rosthern

Milling

Company

(# 2)

Rebuilt 1908; Burned 1919

See: http://www.ourroots.ca/e/page.aspx?id=2883497 – p. 48


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

b9f9-ef00737cbc97, p. 48



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

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

Community

Name

Location / Comments

Rosthern


Union Supply

Company Mill

(Rosthern Mill

# 3)


See: http://www.prairie-towns.com/rosthern-4.html

And http://www.ourroots.ca/e/page.aspx?id=2883497 – p. 48-50


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

Rouleau

Photo Not Available

(Source: Cabana)

Rouleau

Flour Mill



Saltcoats

(Source: City of Yorkton archives)

McCracken

Milling

Company


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


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

http://www.prairie-towns.com/rosthern-4.html


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

Community

Name

Location / Comments

Saskatoon

(Source: website)

Leslie & Wilson

Flour Mill

(# 1)

Built: c. 1903; Demolished: 1910 ??????

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

Saskatoon

(Source: website)

Quaker Oats

Flour Mill

(# 2)

Built: 1909; demolished 2015

See: http://www.prairie-towns.com/saskatoon-10.html


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

Saskatoon

Photo Not Available

(Source: website)

Saskatoon

Flour Mill (# 3)



http://www.prairie-towns.com/saskatoon-10.html

https://thestarphoenix.com/news/local-news/parrish-and-heimbecker-mill-to-be-demolished-saturday

https://thestarphoenix.com/news/local-news/parrish-and-heimbecker-mill-to-be-demolished-saturday

Community

Name

Location / Comments

Shaunavon

Photo Not Available

(Source: Cabana)

Shaunavon

Flour Mill



Wrigley’s Saskatchewan Business Directory, 1921-22 , p. 880 – Shaunavon Light, Power &

Milling Company

Shellbrook

(Source: SAB website)

Shellbrook

Flour Mill



also: Sask. Archives Photo: R-A8352

Stanley Mission

Photo Not Available

(Source: website)

Stanley Mission

Grist Mill (#1) –

Horse Powered

Built: 1870-71; Demolished _____

See: Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Stanley Mission, by Frank Korvemaker, 1982, p. 11

Stanley Mission

Photo Not Available

(Source: website)

Stanley Mission

Grist Mill (#2) –

Water Powered

Built: 1873-74; Demolished _____

See: Holy Trinity Anglican Church, Stanley Mission, by Frank Korvemaker, 1982, p. 11


Community

Name

Location / Comments

Swift Current

(Source: History, p. 45)

Ford Milling &

Grain Co

Built: 1910; Demolished: ??????

See: http://www.prairie-towns.com/swiftcurrent-56.html

And

The Green and Growing Years: Swift Current 1907-1914, p. 45


Tisdale

Photo Not Available

Carrot River

Valley Mills Ltd.


Wrigley’s Saskatchewan Business Directory, 1921-22 , p. 880 – Carrot River Valley Mills

Ltd.

Tyvan

Photo Not Available

(Source: Cabana)

Dowd Milling

Company


Henderson’s 1907 Directory, p. 2216 – Dowd Milling Company

___?__ Valley

Photo Not Available

(Source: Cabana)

Sutcliffe & Muir

Milling

Company


Henderson’s 1907 Directory, p. 2216 – Sutcliffe & Muir

Vasnisennie

Photo Not Available

Source: Swan River history

Doukhobor

Flour Mill

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


http://www.prairie-towns.com/swiftcurrent-56.html

Community

Name

Location / Comments

Veregin

(Sask. Archives Photo: S-B9565)

Doukhobor

Flour Mill

Built: 1906; Burned 1930

See Also: Spinning stories : a woven history, Kamsack, Togo, Veregin, Runnymede, Cote , p.

204

See also: Swan River history, p. 124

See Also: http://www.doukhobor.org/Veregin-Doukhobors.html

Wrigley’s Saskatchewan Business Directory, 1921-22 , p. 880 – Christian Community of

Universal Brotherhood

Viscount

(Source: Larry Easton)

Viscount

Flour Mill

Built: 1925; closed in 2001; vacant in 2011

History: “Footprints of time: Viscount and district, 1905-1985”, p. 391 - Built by Harry

Carnation

Sask Encyclopedia: p. 617 – built in 1929

And: Our Towns, p. 423 – built in mid 1920s

Viscount History, p. 54 - 55

Wadena

Photo Not Available

(Source: Cabana)

Wadena

Flour Mill

Built: 1914; Closed after 1946


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

Wadena history: “Remembering Times”, p. 155

http://www.doukhobor.org/Veregin-Doukhobors.html

Community

Name

Location / Comments

Wakaw


Wakaw

Flour Mill


Prairie Towns: http://www.prairie-towns.com/wakaw-images.html

Wapella

Photo Not Available

(Source: Cabana)

R.J. Lund

Flour Mill


Henderson’s 1907 Directory, p. 2216 – R.J. Lund

Wapella

Photo Not Available

(Source: Cabana)

Dawson &

McEwen

Flour Mill


Henderson’s 1907 Directory, p. 2216 - Dawson & McEwen

Watson

Photo Not Available

(Source: _____)

Watson

Flour Mill

Built: ________; Demolished ?????

Sask. Archives Photos: R-B9945 (1)-(6)

Wauchope

Photo Not Available

A. Kelby Milling

Company

Built: ________; Demolished ?????

Henderson’s 1907 Directory, p. 2216 - A. Kelby Milling Company

http://www.prairie-towns.com/wakaw-images.html

Community

Name

Location / Comments

Weekes

Photo Not Available

(Source: Cabana)

Weekes

Flour Mill



http://www.ourroots.ca/page.aspx?id=173998&qryID=db2265d2-ef6c-4696-87a2-

4eb8f9928e5c

Weyburn

(Source: website)

Weyburn

Flour Mill

Built: _______; Demolished ?????

See: http://www.prairie-towns.com/weyburn-17.html


Henderson’s 1907 Directory, p. 2216 - Weyburn Lumber & Elevator Company

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

Whitewood

Photo Not Available

(Source: website)

The A. Kelly

Milling

Company



Henderson’s 1907 Directory, p. 2216 - The A. Kelly Milling Company

Wilkie

Photo Not Available

(Source: website)

Wilkie Flour

Mill



http://www.ourroots.ca/page.aspx?id=173998&qryID=db2265d2-ef6c-4696-87a2-4eb8f9928e5c

http://www.ourroots.ca/page.aspx?id=173998&qryID=db2265d2-ef6c-4696-87a2-4eb8f9928e5c

http://www.prairie-towns.com/weyburn-17.html



Community

Name

Location / Comments

Wolseley

(Source: website)

Wolseley Milling

Company

Built: pre-1895; Burned c.1905

See: Sask. Archives photo: R-A3977

Fire ref; e-mail from Marg Hryniuk, May 4, 2019

Wolseley History, p. 56: Mill est. by Thompson & McGee; p. 301 – mill in use in 1895

Wynyard

Photo Not Available

(Source: Cabana)

Wynyard

Flour Mill



Viscount History, p. 54 - Wynyard mill closed in 1971

Yellow Grass

Photo Not Available

(Source: Cabana)

Western Canada

Flour Milling

Company


Henderson’s 1907 Directory, p. 2216 - Western Canada Flour Milling Company

Yorkton

(Source: History –p. 1)

Stone Grist Mill

(#1)

Built: 1883; Demolished _______

See: Yorkton: York Colony to Treasure Chest City, p. 1, 24, 25 – located on the Little White

Sand River

Also: Sask, Archives image: S-B3999 - 1884 sketch by Daniel Cadzow

Community

Name

Location / Comments

Yorkton

Photo Not Available

(Source: History –p. 1)

Yorkton Grist

Mill (#2)

Built: Built: c.1890; Demolished _______

See: Yorkton: York Colony to Treasure Chest City, p. 9 – located on Front Street

Yorkton

\(Source: Yorkton Archives)

(Source: Frank Korvemaker)

Yorkton Milling

Company (#3)

Built: 1898. In process of being restored by the Yorkton Brick Mill Heritage Society –

Located at Beck and Livingstone Street.

See: http://yorktonbrickmill.org/


Henderson’s 1907 Directory, p. 2216 - Levi Beck

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

Yorkton

Photo Not Available


Doukhobor

Flour Mill



Zelma

Photo Not Available

Zelma

Flour Mill)

Built: Built: ______; Demolished ?????

See: Sask. Archives Photo: R-A14730

http://yorktonbrickmill.org/

References from Michelle Cabana:

https://archive.org/stream/illustratedguide00macd#page/n1/mode/2up

Illustrated Guide, gazetteer and Practical Hand-Book for Manitoba and the NWT- 1882/1883

https://archive.org/stream/businessguidetos00sask#page/18/mode/2up

Business Guide to Saskatchewan 1913

https://archive.org/stream/cihm_87840#page/n21/mode/2up

Opportunities in Saskatchewan 1913







https://archive.org/stream/illustratedguide00macd#page/n1/mode/2up

https://archive.org/stream/businessguidetos00sask#page/18/mode/2up





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