ice harvest

The long time tradition made its return to Millers Mills, and it was a blast! People from far and wide came for the the historic Millers Mills Ice Harvest.

The first Saturday in February, people from across the region bundle up and head to Hanford Mills Museum for its annual Ice Harvest Festival.  Using historic tools, children and adults can walk out on the frozen mill pond to cut and maneuver blocks of ice.  The ice blocks are pushed up a ramp and then loaded onto sleds, which are hauled to a traditional ice house.

This Saturday, February 1, 2014, step back in time at Hanford Mills Museum at the annual Ice Harvest Festival.  Walk out on the frozen mill pond and help cut blocks of ice and move them for storage all while using historic tools.  It kind of reminds me of the beginning to the movie Frozen.

It is time for Hanford Mills Museum's Annual Ice Harvest this Saturday, February 2, 2013 kicking off at 10am.  Even though mother nature hasn't been cooperating, the ice harvest is still on.  It will be determined that day whether patrons will be allowed on the pond...