A mill had been erected at this place Lord Joseph de Fleury de La Gorgendière; the latter did not live in his seigneury of Beauce, preferring to live in his manor of Deschambault.

All around is the site of the "Grandes Fermes", the local appellation attributed to the whole of the lord's own domain.

A farm road, extended by a Saint-Louis range to the limits of the seigneury, climbs the hill and allows you to reach the site of the waterfall and the foundations of the seigneurial mill.

The toponym "Rivière des Fermes" is often attested in documents since the end of 18th century and, on maps, at least since 1878.

[2] The toponym "rivière des Fermes" was made official on December 5, 1968, at the Commission de toponymie du Québec.