The South Similkameen
Museum Society was
instrumental in having the
Mill site designated a
Provincial heritage site in
1977, then having the
province purchase the site in
1979. The Mill was restored,
a project lead by Cuyler Page
to its 1881 working

configuration. The Heritage
Trust operated the site as
heritage interpretive site
until Devolution in 2003.
Devolution lead to a decline
of the site and the building
were closed to the public in
2008. Millar Group Heritage
Enterprises gained the
contract to care for the site

and re-opened it in 2009.
Millar Group has operated the
site through 2012.

   Acknowledgements:
   Community support has
augmented the Grist Mill
collection in providing
historic details. Elef
Christensen researched
photographs including those
of Doreen Smith and the South
Similkameen Museum Society.
Compiling and text by Millar