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List of windmills in Quebec

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 25, 2026
Entity authorityQ322739 ↗
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Windmills in Quebec

Notes

Mills still standing shown in bold. Known building dates are in bold text. Non-bold text denotes first known date.

References

Further reading

Paradis, Laval & Kathy (1999). La tournée des vieux moulins à vent du Québec (in French). Cap-Saint-Ignace: La Plume d'oie. ISBN 2-922183-45-9.

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