Ritchie Mill in Edmonton

Robert Ritchie (10170 Saskatchewan Drive)

Robert Ritchie arrived in Strathcona from Ontario early in 1892 and within a year, he had built and began operating a flour mill near the end of the Calgary and Edmonton Railway line. The Ritchie Mill, built in 1893, is the oldest surviving mill in Alberta and possibly the earliest of its kind in Canada.

The mill, at 10170 Saskatchewan Drive, was one of the first mills in the west to be equipped with steam-powered steel rollers and in its heyday, farmers with grain-laden wagons lined up on the street all the way to Whyte Ave. In 1948, the building was converted to a feed mill and remained in use until the mid 1970's. It was declared a Provincial Historic Resource in 1978 and rejuvenated as offices and a restaurant in time for its 100th anniversary in 1993.

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