Province

New Brunswick

New Brunswick ran on wood and wool, and the mills sat wherever a stream could turn a wheel. George Lister started a woollen mill at York Mills in 1857, and it has carried the Briggs & Little name since 1916. Most of the others are gone.

York Mills

Briggs & Little

York Mills, New Brunswick

Briggs & Little spins wool knitting yarn at York Mills, New Brunswick, in a mill that has run since 1857.