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Wetl March Early mills still dot countryside Some ire made of huge blocks of stone of timber hewed and sawn on the site but all wen by v iter power in the early days of tins pari of On no mills were responsible for settlements which into hamlets villages and town of early Ontnrio Some of settlements have long disappeared when tlitr mode of were used we have black white red power electrical ami ninny forms f en I for tin piomerswaUr power wan the magnet 111 it to put down roots in this large district and South Wellington County in I spill 1 v r into the Regit of Peel LINDSAY S FLOUR MILL at Acton is still a going growing concern No longer lapping the waters of Fairy Lake it grinds bread flour from wheat that has unusually fine qualities a product of grain from fields in North Halton and South Wellington THIS OLD MILLSTONE which ground gram now mutely in front of a small restaurant of the same name beside the Eramosa River in What stories it could tell of early days in the district TUMBLING FROTHING swift clear waters in creeks and were liarnesscd by the pioneers of Upper Canada nowOntano loprovidefood and lumber for settlers in the area A few of the mills still dot thjs area but most have gone ravaged by fires or other disasters When they ve gone an important part of early Canada will have gone with them HORTOP S FLOUR MILL at Everton along a rocky gorge is no longer used but a landmark for fishermen who seeking brown trout in season The old mill race stdt exists but its eloquent silence speaks of another age RELIC OF A SMALL VILLAGE long since gone from is this old mill Dakota adjacent to the Cedar Springs Community Club a rustic resort was devastated one day in October when the powder mill which employed 200 hands of community of rustic homes covers the scars of blew up It happened at noon when only six men were on duty and five of them of Ihdt early disaster