Another classic windmill, this stone structure is over 300 years old which means even though it looks like the set of some French period piece, it’s legit.
It may look a lot like Pointe-du-Moulin and that’s for good reason; they’re both around the same age and built in the same style, which was common at the time (only around 18 exist in Quebec now). They’re actually not too far from each other.
And while they may be similar, I think the ‘historic windmill overlooking the St. Lawrence River’ is worth a revisit when they look this good.
At Pointe-Claire, there’s more than just the windmill, with a recently vacated convent also on the point (which explains the cross in a lot of photos).
Now an icon of the city, it’s occasionally used in logos for local companies and has appeared in cityscape sketches as one of the notable landmarks of the city, alongside the Olympic Stadium and various cathedrals.
Located on the southern shore of Montreal Island west of the downtown, the point is a popular destination, so not only is it easily accessible via car, but there is transit out there (though it takes a little while if you’re starting from right downtown). Essentially you want to head west of the Pierre Elliot Trudeau Airport and stay south. The neighbourhood, fittingly, is Point Claire.
As far as I know there’s no fee for visiting the windmill, but it seems ownership of the sight was up in the air a little in the last year or two, so I’m not certain if that’s changed.
Awkwardly, because of it’s current status, the winmill isn’t really treated like a tourist site, it seems, so it doesn’t show up on many tourism sites. On the upside, it’s a national heritage site, and with its historic standing, there are a few sites to check out, like that of La Société pour la Sauvegarde du Patrimoine de Pointe-Claire who are trying to safegaurd the site’s future. There’s also the HistoricPlaces site. And for good measure, here’s a news article going into the importance of the site in other ways.
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