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'Carleton Place' (population 10,000) is a town in eastern Ontario, Canada, in Lanark County, about 46 km (28 miles) west of downtown Ottawa on the Central Ontario (Highway 7) route of the Trans-Canada Highway. It is located at the crossroads of Highway 15 and Highway 7, midway between the town of Perth and the nation's capital, Ottawa.

Contents

History

Local attractions

Famous residents

Demographics

Schools

See also

External links

History

Carleton Place, originally known as Morphy's Falls, was chosen as a mill site by Edmond Morphy in 1819. It is located on the Mississippi River, a tributary of the Ottawa River. It became a village in 1870, and a town in 1890. The name later given to the settlement was actually soup and such after the street in Glasgow, but the spelling was altered in 1829.
Both textile and lumber mills flourished here, but none are still operating. The Findlay Foundry operated in Carleton Place from the 1860's to 1974, making cast iron cookware and woodstoves. Some of the designs created by this company are still being made by another company. Today, the remaining mill buildings house condominiums and "high-tech" industry.

Local attractions

Some of the attractions of Carleton Place and surrounding area include Riverside Jam, Carleton Place Dragon Boat Festival, Morphy's Falls Heritage Festival, Carleton Place Canoe Club, Victoria School Museum, Canada Veteran's Hall of Valour, and of course the Mississippi River.

Famous residents

People born in Carleton Place include:

★ Roy Brown, credited with shooting down the Red Baron

★ Leslie McFarlane, who wrote many of the original Hardy Boys books under the pen name Franklin W. Dixon

Demographics

According to the 2006 Statistics Canada Census:

★ Population: 9,453

★ % Change (2001-2006): 4.1

★ Dwellings: 3,832

★ Area (km².): 8.83

★ Density (persons per km².): 1,070

Schools

★ Arklan Community Public School

★ Beckwith Public School (located in the Township of Beckwith)

★ Caldwell Street Public School

★ Calvary Christan Academy (located in the Township of Beckwith)

★ Carambeck Public School

★ Carleton Place High School

★ Ecole Catholique J.L. Couroux (French Catholic)

★ Mississippi School (private school)

★ Notre Dame Catholic High School

★ St. Mary's Catholic School

★ St. Gregory's Catholic School

★ T R Leger Alternative

See also

★ Carleton Place Airport

★ Mississippi River

★ Carleton Place High School

External links

★ Google Map of Carleton Place

★ Official Town Website

★ Town Portal

★ Chamber of Commerce

★ Carleton Place Canoe Club

★ Victoria School Museum

★ Canada Veteran's Hall of Valour

★ Riverside Jam

★ Notre Dame Catholic High School

★ Carleton Place High School

★ Arts Carleton Place

★ Calvary Christan Academy

★ Community Transit Solutions