"THE FOUNDING OF ALMONTE"
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N 45° 13.583 W 076° 11.646
18T E 406258 N 5008792
Right at the trailhead for the Almonte Riverwalk you'll find this plaque detailing the founding of the town.
Waymark Code: WMAYKK
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 03/12/2011
Views: 13
In Almonte, on the south bank of the Mississippi River at a parking lot on Bridge Street across from Water Street.
Plaque Text
The sawmill and grist-mill completed here on the Mississippi River in 1823 by Daniel Shipman provided a nucleus around which a community known as Shipman's Mills had developed by 1824. About 1850 two town plots were laid out here - "Victoria" by Edward Mitcheson and "Ramsayville" by Daniel Shipman. They were combined in 1853 as "Waterford", which in 1855 was renamed "Almonte", probably after Juan N. Almonte, a famous Mexican general and diplomat. The opening of several woollen mills and the completion of a railway to Brockville, fostered the growth of Almonte, which by 1870 was one of Ontario's leading woollen cloth manufacturing centres. Incorporated as a village in 1871, with a population of about 2,000, Almonte was proclaimed a town in 1880.
Address or location of plaque: Bridge Street across from Water Street.
Physical location of plaque: Town
"Ontario Plaques" Website for this "Plaque": [Web Link]
Description of any physical remains at site of "Historical Plaque": canal, stone bench.
This 'Plaque' describes: A 'Location'
Condition of sign: Excellent.
Is this a bilingual sign?: No !
A web-site for more details.: Not listed
What is the second/third language?: Not listed
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