Knysna Forest - Millwood Walk

This trail leads to the scanty remains of the little gold-diggers' settlement of Millwood. After gold was discovered in Knysna Forest in 1876 prospectors flocked to the scene and a town rapidly came into being, complete with post office, law court, three newspapers, numerous shops and six hotels. The gold seam, however, was quickly worked out and Millwood became a ghost town which in 1893 had a population of only 70. All that now remains of Millwood is a few traces of gold workings and the cemetery. A small museum containing mementos of the settlement is the starting-point of a 5.5km/3.mi walk to the surviving remains. The museum is reached by taking N 2, going west from Knysna, and turning off into the Rheenendal road.