Dansereau Windmill
In French: Moulin à vent Dansereau
1025 route Marie-Victorin, Verchères
Dansereau Windmill, 1915 and today
Drag across to compare. The two views aren’t taken from exactly the same spot.
1915: Public domain. Today: Photo: René Beaudoin · CC BY-SA 3.0.
About Dansereau Windmill
Dansereau Windmill is one of 2 places in Verchères that Québec has classified. Its record dates Dansereau Windmill to 1822.
Le moulin à vent Dansereau est un moulin à farine construit vraisemblablement en 1822. Cette tour cylindrique de trois étages en maçonnerie de moellons est coiffée d'un toit conique pivotant. Le moulin est situé sur un petit coteau, en bordure du fleuve Saint-Laurent, dans la municipalité de Verchères. Ce bien est classé immeuble patrimonial. La protection s'applique à l'extérieur et à l'intérieur de l'immeuble, et pas au terrain. Le moulin à vent Dansereau bénéficie d'une aire de protection.
From Québec’s Répertoire du patrimoine culturel (in French: the register has no English text), Moulin à vent Dansereau · CC BY 4.0 · as published, word for word
A classement is Québec’s strongest protection under its Loi sur le patrimoine culturel.
4 old views of Dansereau Windmill
Made before 1950, from 1865 to 1923: public domain or CC0. Tap one to see it full screen.
c. 1865
18811915
c. 1923From Wikimedia Commons, copied to our own server; some are drawings, prints or maps of their time. Each credit is in the viewer.
Finding Dansereau Windmill
Verchères
To reach another historic place from here you will need more than a short walk.
Questions about Dansereau Windmill
What is Dansereau Windmill?
Dansereau Windmill: a place Québec classified in 1975.
Can you visit Dansereau Windmill?
From outside, yes; going in depends on who owns or runs it.
Is Dansereau Windmill protected?
Its classement protects it under Québec’s law; changes need the minister’s approval.
When was Dansereau Windmill built?
Work on Dansereau Windmill is recorded as 1822.
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada (Parks Canada). Québec register data: Ministère de la Culture et des Communications du Québec, CC BY 4.0.
Sources: Répertoire du patrimoine culturel du Québec (MCC, Données Québec) · Photos: Wikimedia Commons, each credited with its licence and copied to our own server · Wikidata (CC0) for map points, other names and articles.
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