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Cossit House, Sydney Highland Village, Iona Sherbrooke Village, Sherbrooke Museum of Industry, Stellarton McCulloch House, Pictou Balmoral Grist Mill, Balmoral Mills Sutherland Steam Mill, Denmark Lawrence House, Maitland Fundy Geological, Parrsboro Prescott House, Starrs Point Haliburton House, Windsor Uniacke Estate Museum Park, Mount Uniacke Shand House, Windsor Ross Farm, New Ross Maritime Museum of the Atlantic, Halifax Fisherman's Life, Jeddore Oyster Pond Museum of Natural History, Halifax Fisheries Museum, Lunenburg Wile Carding Mill, Bridgewater Perkins House, Liverpool North Hills Museum, Granville Ferry Ross-Thomson House & Store, Shelburne The Dory Shop, Shelburne Firefighters' Museum, Yarmouth Acadian Village, Pubnico Old Meeting House, Barrington Barrington Woolen Mill, Barrington

Wile Carding Mill
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Wile Carding Mill

Bridgewater, Nova Scotia - Lighthouse Route

This water-powered mill, with its overshot waterwheel, lightened the workload for Nova Scotian farm families from 1860 until 1968. Located in the heart of a once-vibrant industrial centre, the mill houses machinery that carded more wool in one hour than a person could card in a whole week! Today, costumed interpreters share stories about the women operators who processed the sheep fleece, provide demonstrations of hand-carding wool and explain how the machinery operated.

This site is of interest to visitors who want to learn more about early Nova Scotian industry, water as a power source, rural community lifestyle, women in the workplace and rural trade.

Tours

Guided tours of the mill available with advance reservation. Maximum recommended tour group size is 30.

Recommended Tour Length 30 minutes
Admission
(Subject to change
without notice) 		Adult $3
Child (under 6 yrs) Free
Child (6-17) $2
Senior (65+) $2
Family $7
Group Rate $1.50
Hours of Operation

Open June 1 - September 30
Mon.-Sat., 9:30am-5:30pm
Sun., 1-5:30pm

Location 242 Victoria Road
Bridgewater, Nova Scotia, Canada
Located on the Lighthouse Route
How to get there

Take Exit 13 from Highway 103 and follow Carding Mill signs to 242 Victoria Road, Bridgewater.
Contact Information

June 1 - October 15
Heather O'Dell, Chief Interpreter
Phone: (902) 543-8233
Fax: (902) 543-4713
Email: hodell@town.bridgewater.ns.ca

October 16 - May 31
Judith Shiers-Milne
Public Information Officer
Phone: (902) 424-7398
Fax: (902) 424-0560
Email: shiersjl@gov.ns.ca
Parking

Visitor parking is available in lot. Motorcoach parking is limited. Please phone for details.
Bilingual Services Not available at this time.
Accessible Main floor is wheelchair accessible. The lower floor is accessible from roadside drop-off.
Gift Shop

Not available at this time
Food Services

Various restaurants are located nearby.
Nearby Provincial Museums

Ross Farm Museum, New Ross
Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic, Lunenburg
Perkins House Museum, Starrs Point
Ross-Thomson House and Store Museum, Shelburne
The Dory Shop Museum, Shelburne

 

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Last updated: October 31, 2006.