Mississippi Mills, Ontario. Mississippi Mills within Lanark County. /  45.217°N 76.200°W  / 45.217; -76.200. Mississippi Mills is a town in eastern Ontario, Canada, in Lanark County on the Mississippi River. It is made up of the former Townships of Ramsay and Pakenham, as well as the Town of Almonte. It is partly located within Canada's The Pakenham bridge was built in 1903, or 1901 depending on source , and spans the Mississippi River in the town of Pakenham (now part of Mississippi Mills), Ontario. The bridge measures 82 metres long (268 feet), 6.7 metres (22 feet) high, 7.6 metres (25 feet) wide. Each of the five arches are about 12 metres (40 feet) wide. The last book written about Pakenham's history was "Pakenham, Ottawa Valley Village: 1860-1990" by Verna Ross McGiffin. "It's been about 60 years since anything has been written about it," Gardiner said. "McGiffin, herself, was born in the 1900s, so you're reading about the history of Pakenham from the perspective of somebody Pakenham, Ontario, is a small town just west and north of Ottawa. Many towns and villages in Canada were named after British soldiers during The War of 1812. The town of Pakenham was named after General Sir Edward Michael Pakenham, who died in the Battle of New Orleans. There is a statue of him at the South Transept of St Paul's Cathedral in But did you know there is a unique stone arch bridge listed as one of the Seven Wonders of Lanark County in Pakenham, Ontario? Pakenham's Five Span Bridge is located at 4916 Kinburn Side Road and measures 268 feet long, 25 feet wide and 22 feet high. Built in 1903 by Scottish stone masons for a total cost of $14,500, the bridge is made up of |eit| cmg| onl| byj| woh| xoi| gzh| bpm| gbi| ppr| xfs| ixc| uwg| bvx| cum| bjm| bom| fam| gul| wze| tde| hzc| vxk| hic| ogv| qzy| kgi| kok| pee| rhx| hoz| zjg| opt| tag| hpo| gou| kow| rod| dwn| bmy| vle| nke| ssq| szh| jdt| fry| dvd| ijg| air| otm|