Frasers Mills (

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: ''Muileann an Frisealaich'') is a community in the

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province of

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, located in

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on Nova Scotia Route 316. In 1828 a wooden dam was built across the South River to power a sawmill and later a grist mill. In 1928 the federal government built a replacement concrete dam to provide water for their new

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which was taken over by the provincial government in 1982. Over a million Brook, Brown and Rainbow trout and Atlantic salmon are raised here annually to stock the province's lakes and rivers; these fish may be observed in the 37 ponds.

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Communities in Antigonish County, Nova Scotia {{AntigonishNS-geo-stub