The mill is in the Lotbinière municipality in the Chaudière-Appalaches administrative region of Quebec, on the Marie-Victorin road.

It is upstream from the Rivière-du-Moulin Ecological Reserve, which holds a forest that is locally known as the Bois du Domaine.

[1] The medium-pitched gable roof and symmetrically arranged windows and doors show a neoclassical influence.

After trying to remedy the problem, he had a second mill, the Moulin du Portage, built on the banks of the Chêne River, starting in 1815.

The Moulin du Domaine was largely rebuilt and reopened in 1831 with new machinery for grinding flour and for treating fabrics.

The mill remain in operation throughout the 19th century despite problems with the water supply, and was finally abandoned in 1942.

On 30 September 1864 the Quebec Minister of Culture and Communications classified it as a heritage building (immeuble patrimonial).