Pakenham Village, Lanark Township
Ontario, Canada
April 21, 2006:
A very good history of the village of Pakenham is Pakenham, Ottawa Valley Village, 1823-1860,
by Verna Ross McGiffin, Mississippi Publishers - Pakenham, Ontario, 1967.
Also, Volume Two, same title except it covers the period 1860-1900.
The bridge over the Mississippi River at Pakenham
A one-of-a-kind five-span stone bridge, erected in 1901
October 9, 2008:
Pakenham Village in 1879, including the Mississippi River
Source: McGill University Digital Atlas Project
Today, there are a golf course and ski hills at Pakenham. Also, the pioneer
Indian Hill Cemetery is nearby.
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