Blackville in Miramichi River Valley, New Brunswick — The Atlantic Provinces (North America)

Millstones

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, July 29, 2019

1. Millstones Marker

Inscription. Henry Reid leased stone quarry sites in the area in the 1870s and 1880s. These unused millstones came from the quarry in Indiantown (now Quarryville). Another Reid stone quarry operated at Blackville during the same period. In addition to millstones, the quarries produced building stones for bridges and large buildings such as hospitals and churches. Near this site, on the Bartholomew River, Henry Steele operated a grist mill with a large grinding stone about five feet in diameter. The mill served local farmers, grinding their wheat and buckwheat into flour, from the 1840s until the mill closed in 1902. For more details see:
http://www.memoriesofblackville.com/history/the-mills

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Industry & Commerce • Settlements & Settlers.

Location. 46° 44.28′ N, 65° 49.71′ W. Marker is in Blackville, New Brunswick, in Miramichi River Valley. It can be reached from Main Street (New Brunswick Route 8) 0.3 kilometers north of Campbell Road ( Route 118), on the right when traveling north. Marker is located near the center

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of Blackville Municipal Park. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 158 Main Street, Blackville NB E9B 1N2, Canada. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Miramichi Region.

It is also in the Maritimes

and in Atlantic Canada.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once a British colony,

the Viceroyalty of New France,

and Acadia.

Other nearby markers. At least one other marker is within walking distance of this marker: Legend of the Dungarvon Whooper (about 90 meters away, measured in a direct line).

Also see . . . The Mills. Two Scotsman, Doak and Alexander MacLaggan arrived here in Blackville and built a sawmill in 1820. It was located on the north side of the Bartholomew River at the present site of the current bridge. Across from the sawmill somewhat below on the opposite side of the river, was a water driven Grist Mill operated by an old Englishman called Henry Steele. (Submitted on September 21, 2019, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

Millstones Marker (<i>wide view</i>) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, July 29, 2019

2. Millstones Marker (wide view)

Millstones (<i>side view showing scoring and relative width</i>) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, July 29, 2019

3. Millstones (side view showing scoring and relative width)

Credits. This page was last revised on March 14, 2026. It was originally submitted on September 18, 2019, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 379 times since then and 26 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on September 21, 2019, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.