Streetsville in Mississauga in Peel Region, Ontario — Central Canada (North America)

Reid Mill
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Moulin Reid

Reid Mill Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Tim Boyd, September 14, 2024

1. Reid Mill Marker

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Reed Mill
This flour mill was built on the Credit River southeast of the village of Streetsville, in the mid-1830s by John Beaty and by 1861 had an annual Capacity of 12,000 barrels of flour. The mill employed four pairs of milling stones, which were replaced by roller processing in the late 1800s to produce finer qualities of flour. The Beaty family and leaseholders operated the mill until 1895 when miller Duncan Reid took over the operation, buying it from the Beaty estate in 1902. Reid, his children and grandchildren owned the mill until 1965 when Paul Helliwell purchased the complex. It was sold to Christie Brown and Company in 1969 and acquired by Kraft in 2000. The original mill, hidden inside the milling complex, and the mill dam, which survives, played an important role in Ontario's commercial and industrial history.

Ontario Heritage Foundation, an agency of the Government of Ontario

Moulin Reed
Ce moulin a été construit sur la rivière Credit au sud-est du village de Streetsville, au milieu des années 1830, par John Beaty. En 1861, sa capacité de production annuelle atteignait

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12 000 barils de farine. Il comptait quatre paires de meules qui ont été remplacées par des cylindres à la fin des années 1800, afin de produire une farine de meilleure qualité. La famille Beaty et ses locataires ont exploité le moulin jusqu'en 1895, date à laquelle le meunier Duncan Reid a pris la relève, achetant le bâtiment à la succession Beaty, en 1902. M. Reid, ses six enfants et ses petits-enfants sont demeurés propriétaires du complexe du moulin jusqu'à ce qu'il passe successivement aux mains de Paul Helliwell, en 1965, de la Compagnie Christie-Brown, en 1969, et de la société Kraft, en 2000. Le bâtiment original, caché à l'intérieur du complexe, ainsi que son barrage, qui existe toujours, ont joué un rôle important dans l'histoire commerciale et industrielle de l'Ontario.

Fondation du patrimoine ontarien, un organisme du gouvernement de l'Ontario

Erected by Ontario Heritage Foundtion.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Industry & Commerce. In addition, it is included in the Canada, Ontario Heritage Trust series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1861.

Location. 43° 34.501′ N, 79° 42.258′ W. Marker is in Mississauga, Ontario, in Peel Region. It is in Streetsville. It is at the intersection of Queen Street South and Reid

Reid Mill / Moulin Reid Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Tim Boyd, September 14, 2024

2. Reid Mill / Moulin Reid Marker

Drive, on the right when traveling north on Queen Street South. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 384 Queen St S, Mississauga ON L5M 1M2, Canada. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Greater Toronto,

specifically on the Golden Horseshoe,

and in the Toronto Metropolitan Area.

It is also in Central Canada.

Globally, it is in 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,

the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

and Rupert’s Land.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Streetsville Grammar School (approx. 0.4 kilometers away); Barber House (approx. half a kilometer away); Streetsville Memorial Cemetery (approx. 0.6 kilometers away); Remembering Our 1812 Heroes (approx. 0.6 kilometers away); Streetsville (approx. 0.6 kilometers away); St. Andrews Presbyterian Church (approx. 0.6 kilometers away); a different marker also named Streetsville (approx. 0.7 kilometers away); Queen & Main Street (approx. one kilometer away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Mississauga.

Also see . . . The History of Mississauga’s Reid Drive (modernmississuga.com).

Reid Drive takes its name from Duncan Wallace Reid (1857-1941). The road itself led (and still leads today) to a mill. But the story starts much earlier than Duncan Reid’s involvement. A mill is believed to have operated here along the Credit River since 1834, when water power was first harnessed by John Butchart

(Submitted on September 25, 2024, by Tim Boyd of Hamilton, Ontario.)

Photographed by Tim Boyd, September 14, 2024

3. Reid Mill / Moulin Reid Marker

Duncan Reid ca 1900 image. Click for full size.

4. Duncan Reid ca 1900

Source: Mississauga Heritage (public domain)

Streetsville in 1877 image. Click for full size.

5. Streetsville in 1877

Showing the area of Reid’s mill in the time of John Beaty’s ownership

Credits. This page was last revised on September 25, 2024. It was originally submitted on September 25, 2024, by Tim Boyd of Hamilton, Ontario. This page has been viewed 188 times since then and 31 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on September 25, 2024, by Tim Boyd of Hamilton, Ontario. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.

Reid Mill⎯⎯⎯Moulin Reid

Reid Mill
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Moulin Reid