{"id":1742,"date":"2026-06-05T13:10:02","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T13:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clarenville.ca\/75th\/?page_id=1742"},"modified":"2026-06-10T22:30:49","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T22:30:49","slug":"wisemans-mill","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/clarenville.ca\/75th\/wisemans-mill\/","title":{"rendered":"Wiseman&#8217;s Mill"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1742\" class=\"elementor elementor-1742\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5f02ddf e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5f02ddf\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0502d81 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0502d81\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-03d202b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"03d202b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Wiseman's Mill<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ce23579 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ce23579\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-89a7aec e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"89a7aec\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a01f0dc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a01f0dc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Wiseman's Mill<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c43b3dd elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"c43b3dd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ccd8d4c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ccd8d4c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Logging and sawmilling were key industries in the early days of Clarenville and Shoal Harbour.<\/p><p>Four brothers, Gordon, George, Ernest and Alison Wiseman, operated a sawmill on the shore of Shoal Harbour near where the causeway exists today. The mill ran between 1918 and 1949. Prior to that time period, the brothers operated a mill about 10 kilometres up the Shoal Harbour River at a location that was locally known as \u201cTucks\u201d.<\/p><p>From 1918 to 1940, the mill was steam powered then converted to gasoline operation. The 1918 engine now on display at the site was a used one the Wisemans purchased for their mill.<\/p><p>Wiseman\u2019s Mill supplied lumber in 1946 for the construction of the wooden vessels known as the \u201cSplinter Fleet\u201d that were built at the shipyard in Clarenville. 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Four brothers, Gordon, George, Ernest and Alison Wiseman, operated a sawmill on the shore of Shoal Harbour near where the causeway exists today. The mill ran between 1918 and 1949. 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