Ontario, Canada, John Backhouse Mill (1798)
Backus Heritage Village
c/o Long Point Region Conservation Authority
Simcoe, Ontario, Canada N3Y 4K2
Site Location: Located 2km north of Port Rowan
Telephone: 519-586-2201
Fax: 519-586-7333
E-mail: [email protected]
URL: www.lprca.on.ca/backus.htm
Collection: Heritage village is the site of an early farmstead. Site includes 15 historic buildings: John C. Backhouse grist mill; log houses; marine exhibits; storefront exhibits of businesses from the 18th century; and agricultural implement collection.
THE JOHN BACKHOUSE MILL
John Backhouse emigrated from Yorkshire to the United States in 1791 but shortly thereafter, moved to Upper Canada. He served as a Major of the 1st Norfolk Militia in the War of 1812 and became a chairman of the Quarter Session, then the chief instrument of local government. He is believed to have erected this mill 1798. It remained in the possession of his descendants until its purchase 1955 by the Big Creek Region Conservation authority having been in continuous operation for a longer period than any mill in this province.
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