02/09/2025
Millers Mills Ice Harvest Festival
The Millers Mills ice harvest dates back 200 years. Old hand tools are used to saw through the ice on Millers Mills Pond, the blocks of ice are then loaded onto horse-drawn sleighs and taken to an ice house. The ice was used to preserve food and cool milk from local farmers. Despite the introduction of electricity to the area in 1941, the local Grange decided to keep the tradition of the ice harvest alive.
The ice from the harvest is used over the summer for graduation parties, family reunions, and to make ice cream for the annual Millers Mills Ice Cream Social and 5k Sundae Run.
