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The first yard of silk woven in Canada

Frame displaying a piece of fabric with a red and gray stripe and a plaque identifying it as the first yard of woven silk in Canada.

Credit: Cowansville Historical Society

This artefact, commemorating the first yard of silk produced by the Bruck Silk Mills in 1922, was carefully preserved by the Bruck family and is now on display at the Bruck Museum. The weaving of silk over the full width of a yard was an unprecedented achievement in the textile industry at that time.