Mill Details
Hunter Carding Mill / Obed Benjamin Carding Mill / Forsythe Mill
Kings Co. | Nova Scotia | Canada
Known Dates: First-early to mid 1700's
Township: n/a
Watersource: Gaspereau River.
Watersource: Gaspereau River.
Location / Directions
Hunter Carding Mill / Obed Benjamin Carding Mill / Forsythe Mill
: From Main Street in the town of Wolfville, go south on Gaspereau Ave. It becomes Greenfield Road after crossing NS 101. Follow to Old Mill Road, exactly at the White Rock Road turnoff, on the right and turn onto Old Mill Road. Where the road makes a sharp turn, the mill will sit on the south west side of the road, back off the road about 100 - 200 feet.
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Verse for Thought
Let us not grow weary in the work of love.....Let us gather jewels for a crown above. "Send the Light" by Charles H. Gabriel 1856-1932
({From the Nazarene hymnal - Sing to the Lord})
Robert T. Kinsey 10/06/2011
The first mill on this site is believed to have been built in the early to mid 1700's.
Robert T. Kinsey 10/06/2011
The mill was purchased by George Hunter in 1875.
Robert T. Kinsey 10/06/2011
He first used it for a bone mill and later used it as a carding mill powered by a turbine.
Robert T. Kinsey 10/06/2011
The mill is actually located in the small community of Gaspereau, south of Wolfville by about two miles by the road.GPS: 45 4' 2"N, 64 21' 17"W
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