The Friends Of Hope Mill

Name: The Friends Of Hope Mill
Address: 3414 Hope Mill Road, Keene, ON, K0L2B0, CA
Telephone: 7052956250

Home
Canada
Keene, ON
The Friends Of Hope Mill

Call Directions Website

Hope Mill -1830's fully restored,water powered, sawmill. Historical tours of museum rooms, workshops and live demonstrations on the sawfloor. Free guided tours.

Lumber and craft sales and womans woodworking courses. Kids can build a birdhouse
Thursdays April-Nov 9:30-4 pm Circa 1835 William Lang and his wife Jane (Stewart) Lang built a carding and fulling mill on the Indian River, a mile north of the village of Lang. The sawmill in Lang burned in 1873 and shortly thereafter, William and his son-in-law Richard Hope added a saw house to their mill. By 1892 the wool and carding business was discontinued and the Hope family provided much-needed lumbering services to the community until 1966. The original sawmill and wood-finishing equipment have been fully restored. In the upper floor of the building is a wood-working museum and archival records from the early wool and carding era. Come and watch the heritage equipment cut and finish lumber just like it was done by our pioneer ancestors The Hope Saw Mill also sells rough and finished lumber,contract sawing, wooden products are for sale hand made by museum volunteers. Kids can build birdhouses to take home! A large collection of antique wood working tools, as well as a museum room dedicated to the Hope Family and wool processing room. The Hope Saw Mill is open on Thursdays from 9:30- 4:00 pm and three selected Sunday, one Sunday in June, July and August. FREE Admission , but donations gratefully accepted at the door.

10/16/2026

We are truly grateful for all the attention our mill is getting this year! We were so busy again today with log arriving from our supplier, with visitors from near and far…as far away as Jerusalem, Israel 🇮🇱 ! We sold lumber and crafts and toured even more visitors ! Thank you to everyone who came out today! We love chatting with you all and sharing our mill with you. Don’t forget we will only be open 2 more Thursdays. If you need lumber for that winter project please come out and see us in the next two weeks !

10/15/2026

We are open tomorrow for tours and lumber sales! 🌲
If you need lumber for those winter projects, now is a great time to come down to the mill to get some! Come explore the historic grounds, see the machinery in action, and pick up the quality wood you need before the cold weather sets in.
📅 Tomorrow
⏰ 9:30 AM – 3:30 PM
📍 3414 Hope Mill Road
Whether you are looking for a unique historical tour or stocking up on material for your next build, we can’t wait to see you at the mill!

10/11/2026

Happy Thanksgiving from all of us at the Hope Mill!
As the autumn leaves turn vibrant shades of gold and amber around the millpond, our hearts are filled with a deep sense of gratitude for the incredible community that surrounds us.
On this special day, we want to extend our warmest wishes and truest thanks to our Friends & Visitors: Thank you for bringing life, laughter, and curiosity through our doors every season.
Our Dedicated Supporters & Volunteers: Thank you for pouring your time, energy, and resources into preserving this beautiful piece of history. Your passion keeps the wheels turning and the heritage alive.
May your holiday be filled with the warmth of close family, the joy of good friends, and a harvest of blessings to last throughout the coming season.

10/08/2026

Oh my goodness!! What another unbelievably busy day at the mill. Usually this time of year it is quiet as we start to wind down our season. Not today!! Lots of visitors from near and far, lots of home schooled kids (who all went away with hand built birdhouses), lots of lumber sales and visitors who bough crafts and are stocking up on Christmas gifts! We had a customer drop off about a dozen(maybe more) cedar logs. He wanted us to mill them for him. Our sawyer and crew spent most of the day sawing his order and he went away a happy customer!! We were happy because he brought us donuts as a treat for sawing his order so quickly! Thanks Chris! A U-Haul truck arrived in the morning to pick up a large order of lumber for a customer and we also planed another order for the town of Millbrook. As a storm rolled through and the power started flickering we called it a day. What a great day it was!! Remember we only have a few more weeks that we will be open. See you next Thursday!!

10/07/2026

Our doors are open TOMORROW! ✨
Join us at Hope Mill from 9:30 AM to 3:30 PM for a day of history, craftsmanship, and local community! Whether you want to take a fascinating guided tour of our historic, water-powered mill or pick up some high-quality lumber, we’ve got you covered.
🪵 Looking for winter project materials or holiday gift inspiration?
These are the last few weeks to purchase your lumber before the season wraps up! It’s the perfect time to stock up on wood for those cozy winter woodworking projects or handmade holiday crafts that make truly meaningful gifts. 🎁🎨
🍁 Come enjoy the gorgeous autumn scenery, watch the mill in action, and see exactly how our timber goes from log to lumber!
• 💵 Admission: Free! (Donations are gratefully accepted at the door to help keep our local history alive).
See you tomorrow! 🪵🍂🍁🇨🇦

10/01/2026

Today was a busy day at the mill again! We had a group from the Millbrook and Cavan Historical Society come by for a tour! It was a great group who were fascinated with our mill! We had several other visitors come by today of all ages! We continued fulfilling our orders before the end of the season. If you need lumber, we are open only a few more weeks! Be sure to come down for a tour and to get your lumber for those winter projects!

09/30/2026

🪵 Busy Day at the Mill Tomorrow! 🪵
We are excited to open our doors tomorrow and welcome a very special group: the Millbrook Historical Society! 📜✨ They’ll be joining us for an exclusive tour to explore our rich history and see heritage preservation in action.
But that’s not all! The gears will be turning as we take care of incoming orders. Come by to experience history coming to life:
• 🪚 Live Milling: Watch custom orders being sawn right before your eyes.
• 🌲 Lumber Sales: High-quality, locally sourced lumber is available for purchase.
Whether you are part of the tour, looking for premium wood for your next project, or just want to experience the sights and sounds of a working historic mill, we can’t wait to see you!
📍 Location: Hope Mill
📅 When: Tomorrow! (Thursday)
⏰ Hours: 9:30 AM – 3:30 PM (Please note: we take a short 30-minute lunch break at noon!)
🎟️ Admission: Free! (Donations at the door are greatly appreciated and help us keep the history alive.)

09/27/2026

It was a great day for our last open Sunday of the season! Thanks to everyone who took the time to stop by! We had lots of visitors from Belarus 🇧🇾 to BC 🇨🇦… some googled “old sawmills” and thought we looked intriguing enough to make the drive up to see us..we had a bunch of kids build birdhouses and went home with a great history lesson too! One thing safe to say is that everyone who walks through our doors is amazed at what we are. We even had a local from Lang come in for the first time ever! They were amazed at what they saw! We will be open again on Thursday from 9:30-3:30pm. (We break at noon for 30 mins). We will be selling our lumber and crafts as well as giving tours. Come on by and say hi!

09/25/2026

Our social media butterfly was away yesterday. Better late than never! 🪵⏱️ We might be a day late on the update, but yesterday at the Hope Mill was too good not to share. The property was buzzing with history, heritage, and incredible company.
Here is a quick look at what went down:
🪓 Heavy Timber & Heritage Cuts
• Log Delivery: The day ended with a fresh delivery of logs to the millpond, getting everything set up for some serious water-powered action next week.
• The "Old Logger's Log" was cut: The absolute highlight of the day! The team winched up a legendary, historic log which unearthed itself from the bottom of Pigeon Lake after 100 years and guided it through the 48-inch heritage saw blade. Our friends will be making a table with the end piece that has the branding marks of the old logging company and a bench with the beam. 📸: Thanks to B. Jeffs for the pics!

Welcoming Our Special Guests
• O'Hara Mill Homestead Group: We loved hosting our friends from the O'Hara Mill Homestead (another old mill) east of us in Madoc, Ontario. It’s always incredible to swap stories, share knowledge, and connect with fellow passionate keepers of Ontario's heritage.
• The Peterborough Photography Club: A massive thank you to the shutterbugs who came out to tour the site. From the splash of the logs hitting the river to the flying sawdust on the active saw floor, they caught every ounce of history in action. We can’t wait to see your shots!

Did you snap any great photos while visiting us yesterday? Drop your best pictures in the comments below or tag us so we can share them!

A reminder we will be open this coming Sunday, Sept 27th for demonstrations and tours. Our lumber will be for sale as are our crafts made by our volunteers.
Our doors will be open from 11-3 pm and admission is free at the door. Donations are gratefully accepted in the jar

Address

3414 Hope Mill Road
Keene, ON
K0L2B0

Opening Hours

9:30am - 4pm

Telephone

7052956250

Website

http://www.hopemill.ca/

Alerts

Be the first to know and let us send you an email when The Friends Of Hope Mill posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Want your museum to be the top-listed museum in Keene?