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.
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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Hunter Carding Mill / Obed Benjamin Carding Mill / Forsythe Mill
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.

Hunter Carding Mill / Obed Benjamin Carding Mill / Forsythe Mill
Robert T. Kinsey 10/06/2011

The mill was purchased by George Hunter in 1875.

Hunter Carding Mill / Obed Benjamin Carding Mill / Forsythe Mill
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.

Hunter Carding Mill / Obed Benjamin Carding Mill / Forsythe Mill
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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