Almonte's River Walk

The Mississippi River runs through Almonte, Ontario.

Not the same Mississippi that flows south to New Orleans in the USA... But I wonder if the two names come from the same Indian words, which (I think) mean "mighty river" or "great water."

Though the Wikipedia article on this Mississippi River (linked above) claims that it couldn't be called "great water" like the American river, it was flowing swiftly the day we were there.

Rains a week or so ago had filled the river to overflowing again... Normally it is only this powerful in spring, we were told.

Terry and I took the "river walk" path through the downtown area.

It must be a popular old path - this bench has been here for a long time, in memory of a minister and his wife who must have loved to sit here.

There were gardens of flowers in different places along the path.

At one point, we noticed a monarch butterfly. I managed to take a picture of it as it rested on a historic sign.

A lovely walk in a lovely old town.