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The Légaré flour mill

A colour photograph showing the south side of the Légaré mill. We can see the dike, the stone mill and the sawmill, which is connected perpendicularly.

Photographer unknown, 1975.
Patrimoine culturel Vieux-Saint-Eustache collection.

Located on rue Saint-Eustache, the Légaré mill is a flour mill built in 1762. It is the oldest continuously operated water-powered flour mill in North America. In the 1970s, it was run by the Légaré brothers, Donat and Philippe.