The Lake of the Woods Milling Company Limited was a milling company that operated a flour mill in Keewatin, Ontario for 79 years. At the height of its production, it was possibly the largest flour mill in the British Commonwealth.
The mill operated from 1887 to 1967.
History
Lake of the Woods Milling Company started May 21, 1887, to take advantage of a new railway and western grain production.
Formed by a team from the board of Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR),[1] including George Stephen, 1st Baron Mount Stephen, William Cornelius Van Horne and James Ross, the headquarters were in Montreal, while the milling operations were based in Keewatin, Ontario. The location provided transportation via the CPR, access to raw product, and water-power from the Winnipeg River. The company was operated by James Parkyn until 1895; prior to that, he had been the owner of Mount Royal Mills in Montreal.[2][3]