19-544: Mississippi Mills may refer to: Mississippi Mills, Ontario , a town in Ontario, Canada Mississippi Mills (Wesson, Mississippi) , a historic textile mill in Wesson, Mississippi Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Mississippi Mills . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
38-557: A few residences, a school and some trades with a population of about fifty people. In 1874, the area post office was moved from Bennies Corners to Blakeney in 1874. Located on the Blakeney Road, the community was first settled in 1821 at rapids along the Mississippi River. It was originally known as Norway Pine Falls, Snedden’s Mills and Rosebank, before being formally named Blakeney in 1865. The village of Cedar Hill
57-624: A population density of 28.8/km (74.7/sq mi) in 2021. Mississippi Mills is home to several festivals and events, including the North Lanark Highland Games, Naismith 3-on-3 Basketball Festival, the Almonte Fair and CeltFest. Many of the town's citizens commute to the nearby city of Ottawa. Almonte has three elementary schools: R. Tait McKenzie Public School, Naismith Memorial Public School and Holy Name of Mary Catholic School. Almonte and District High School serves
76-650: 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 National Capital Region . The Town of Mississippi Mills was incorporated on January 1, 1998, by amalgamating the town of Almonte with the townships of Ramsay and Pakenham. The town comprises
95-522: Is located at the intersection of Tatlock Road and Bellamy Mills Road, on the shore of Clayton Lake, a local recreational area. The area of Galbraith is located at Rae Road and Concession 5 in the former Ramsay Township. It was named after Daniel Galbraith , a Member of the Provincial Parliament , and later Member of Parliament , who owned the surrounding land which he had purchased in 1855. The one room Galbraith School, S.S. No. 5 Ramsay,
114-612: The Government of Ontario mandated the consolidation of county schools and bussed students to nearby Almonte or Carleton Place . He died while still in office in 1879, and is buried in the Auld Kirk Cemetery at Almonte. This article about a Liberal Party of Canada Member of the Parliament of Canada is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about an Ontario Liberal Party MPP
133-471: The Mississippi River in the southern United States commanding British forces at the Battle of New Orleans in 1815. In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada , Mississippi Mills had a population of 14,740 living in 6,043 of its 6,241 total private dwellings, a change of 12% from its 2016 population of 13,163 . With a land area of 511.25 km (197.39 sq mi), it had
152-416: The Mississippi River in the former Ramsay Township. The town once included a sawmill, gristmill and a woolen mill. Bennie’s Corners was a small village located at the junction of the eighth line of Ramsay and Bennies Corners Road, on land where James Bennie settled in 1821. Most of the hamlet was destroyed by fire in the summer of 1851, and when rebuilt it had little more than a post office and general store,
171-523: The Mississippi River. Pakenham, formally established in 1823, is known for the nearby Mount Pakenham , a popular skiing location, and the five-arch stone bridge crossing the Mississippi River . Built in 1901, it is the only five-arch stone bridge in North America. The community itself is named for a brother-in-law to the Duke of Wellington , Major-General Sir Edward Pakenham , who was killed near
190-617: The area was the McCreary family in 1823. McCrearys was located on Concession 3, Lot 3 in the former Ramsay Township. Joseph McCreary gave the land for the first school, on which "McCreary School" was erected. This one was torn down and a new one was erected in 1871. The community was known for the McCreary Cheese Factory, located on the road south of Highway 7. Located along the Montgomery Park Road next to
209-539: The communities of Almonte , Appleton, Bennies Corners, Blakeney, Cedar Hill, Clayton, Galbraith, McCrearys, Montgomery Park, Pakenham, Ramsay, Snedden, The Tannery, Uneeda, and Union Hall. The town administrative offices are located in Ramsay and Almonte. Many of the communities in Mississippi Mills were settled along the shores of the Mississippi River where the natural falls provided an opportunity to harness
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#1732772116257228-456: The community of Galbraith is a sparse collection of farm homes and a brick bungalow on the site where the yellow schoolhouse once stood. The first one room Galbraith School, S.S. No. 5 Ramsay, was on a half acre of land at the top of the hill, which Mr. Galbraith had sold to the school trustees in 1870 for $ 1.00. He also gave land for a second school in 1875 on the opposite side of the road, the yellow schoolhouse. This school operated until 1969 when
247-403: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mississippi_Mills&oldid=935728933 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Mississippi Mills, Ontario Mississippi Mills
266-609: The town of Almonte and much of the surrounding area. Daniel Galbraith (Ontario politician) Daniel Galbraith (February 1, 1813 – December 17, 1879) was a Canadian farmer and political figure in the province of Ontario . He represented Lanark North as a Liberal in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 1867 to 1872 and in Lanark North in the House of Commons of Canada from 1872 to 1879. He
285-470: The water power to operate the mills. Settled in 1816, Almonte was one of the principal wool manufacturing towns of the Ottawa Valley. Formerly a separate municipality, the town located along the Mississippi River, has had many name changes: Shepherd's Falls, Shipman's Mills, Ramsayville, Waterford and then Almonte after a Mexican general. A former mill town, Appleton was settled in the 1820s along
304-539: Was also director of the Brockville and Ottawa Railway . The land he purchased in 1855 is the rural community of Galbraith , located at Rae Road and Concession 5 in the former Ramsay Township. Upon his death in 1879, his son Robert took over the land, Robert then passing it to his sister Phoebe, Mrs. Robert Black, in the latter part of the century. In 1923, the land was sold to Alex Munro from Darling Township , then in 1944 to Alex’s son-in-law Herbert Hazelwood. Today,
323-473: Was born in Glasgow , Scotland in 1813 and came to Lanark County with his family in 1821. In January 1850, he married Janet McFarlane. and together they had nine children. He served as reeve for Ramsay Township and also served as warden for Lanark County. Galbraith was elected to the Ontario legislature in 1867 and reelected in 1871. He resigned his seat in 1872 to run for a seat in the federal parliament. He
342-421: Was first called Upper Pakenham and was built around the first school and once had a small population with two sawmills, two churches and a school. The village is located at the intersection of Cedar Hill Side Road and the 7th Concession in the former Pakenham Township. Founded by Edward Bellamy in 1824, it was first named Bellamy’s Mills, Clifton and then finally named Clayton in 1858 for postal reasons. The hamlet
361-401: Was on a half acre of land at the top of the hill, which Mr. Galbraith had sold to the school trustees in 1870 for $ 1.00. He also gave land for a second school in 1875 on the opposite side of the road. The school operated until 1969 when the Government of Ontario mandated the consolidation of county schools and bussed students to either Almonte or Carleton Place . Among the first settlers of
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