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A new marketing video was recently released for the village of Paisley, and Nature’s Millworks at Stark’s Mill was featured! While we’re not able to carry on operating Nature’s Millworks, we have already come to love Bonfire on Queen, Tomboi Artisan Ice Cream, and Paisley Artscape Society. Once the pandemic eases, we look forward toContinue reading “Paisley, Ontario”

Stark’s Mill has been on this bend of the Teeswater River since it was built in 1885, following a fire at the first gristmill on this site. Throughout that time, it’s withstood all kinds of weather and every spring flood – including some big ones like in 1929. As we make plans for the nextContinue reading “Surveying”

It’s January 6, 2021 and we have become the new owners of Stark’s Mill and over 30 acres of beautiful Ontario river country…just as Ontario enters a province-wide lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We feel excited to begin this new adventure at the mill, but also a little sad that we can’t really startContinue reading “Keys!”

Water access has always been critical to operating Stark’s Mill. The river is the obvious water connection, powering the two turbines’ 125 horsepower and driving the line shaft connecting to all mill operations. But the site’s well also played a key role, providing water for steaming the grain prior to milling. The building is stillContinue reading “Municipal Water”

The mill was featured in the Walkerton Herald Times and the Toronto Star as the news of the sale of the mill and the closing of the store rippled throughout the region. It is a lovely article about the former owners Paul & Helen Crysler, so we wanted to share it here. To track ourContinue reading “The End of an Era”