This mill is one of the oldest colonial vestiges on the shores of the Island of Montreal. Its site, bordering on Lake St. Louis, corresponds to the section retained by the Sulpicians, the seigneurs of the island, when lot 152 was granted to Raphaël Beauvais on November 23, 1698. The point – two acres long by five deep (more than 115 meters by 290) – was set aside to build a mill to respond to the needs of the tenants.

On December 23, 1708, an initial contract was drawn up with Léonard and Charles Paillé, father and son, for the construction of the mill's frame and all its mechanisms. A two-story wooden house for the miller was also planned. A second contract was concluded February 27, 1709, with mason Jean Mars. It stipulated that he must "well and duly perfect... the limestone and sandstone masonry, 12 feet from side to side, 24 feet in height above the ground floor." The mill was furnished with loopholes and was surrounded with a fence of upright stakes that served as protection against the Iroquois. The Sulpicians leased the mill and collected an annual rent.

The mill, however, like others in the region, could never fill the required quotas. After major repairs in 1824, it was sold on December 28, 1837, to Amable Saint-Julien, a farmer from Rigaud. In 1847, Saint-Julien paid off the remaining land annuity, and the point then became a free and common socage, meaning a property free of all Seigneurial dues.

In 1854, the point and the mill were sold to the Dubois family, and then finally acquired by the Congregation of Notre Dame in 1866, in an exchange with the parish's fabrique (governing committee). Around 1880, one could see the mill, no longer in use, crowned by a terrace roof used as an observatory, in the centre of which was a post and a windmill. This windmill activated the pump that fed the Sisters' private aqueduct before they were connected to the city’s water services.

The exterior restoration of the mill began in 1954, when the roughcast was removed and the stonework repointed. The conical roof was rebuilt in 1962 and new wings added in 1967 to mark the convent's centenary. Designed by architect Marc Angers, these wings were probably inspired by the mills of Verchères and Ile-aux-Coudres.