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The Sawmill Museum is situated in Sherbrooke Village and is a functional replica of a water-powered sawmill, similar to the one that existed on this site during the 19th century. The first sawmill in the Sherbrooke region was built in approximately 1809. The rebuilt McDonald Brothers’ Sawmill is thought to be the only one of its kind in Nova Scotia that can produce full waterpower.
The sawmill structure consists of two floors with hand-hewn post and beam construction and board and batten exterior cladding. The lower floor houses the belt and pulley gear for the mill, and there is also space for a shingle mill and other woodworking equipment. Upstairs, there is the log carriage and up-and-down saw with their simple but ingenious mechanisms.
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4037 Sonora Rd, Sherbrooke, NS B0J 3C0
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