“When the turbines start up and the mill starts vibrating, and the noise, you can just see peoples faces light up with wonder," said volunteer Jim Kingdon.

OPP say a man on a dirt bike crashed Saturday along a trail that surrounds the Hope Mill Conservation north of Keene, Ont.

Hope Mill near Peterborough offers woodworking demonstrations to the public to teach them how lumber was manufactured many years ago. "There's five components they were telling us is run by water. The saw blade, the track, how the wood is pulled in from the water," said visitor, Steve Drinkwalter.