Almonte, Ontario – A bit of History and Architecture

Posted on April 8, 2011 by Ron

At the upper end of the Riverwalk is the Old Town Hall and at the lower end is the still intact stone building that once housed the Victoria Woollen Mill, one of many such mills that once made Almonte the woollen capital of the region.

Old Town Hall

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