Grindstone Creek

A small white bridge and visiting ducks characterize the passage of the Grindstone Creek through Millgrove. The creek enters the village to north of the cemetery, continues eastward and crosses Highway #6 into East Flamborough. Today it is merely a small trickle of water, but in the days of the early settlers, a significantly larger creek provided them with one of their most important necessities – power. Several small sawmills, shingle mills and planing mills were established, including the mill owned c. 1852 by the well-loved Millgrove citizen John Warren Ryckman.