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.
November 11, 2009:
Picture of the Home of Jonathan Francis, built at Pakenham, Ontario, Canada, c. 1850
(Jonathan Francis was a well-known lumberman)
Source: National Capital Region Heritage, page 19.


  


 March 2, 2010:

Waterpower was a necessity in pioneer villages. Early mills were needed to process wheat and flour
and also to run sawmills. In the early days of Upper Canada, the right to operate a mill was granted
to individuals or small groups of local entrepreneurs. With the growing importance of electricity use
in the 1920's, local municipalities were given control over the generation of electric power.

Source: Ottawa Citizen Digital Archives, May 30, 1912



 
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