Carleton Place is a town in

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, Canada, in

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, about west of

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. It is located at the crossroads of Highway 15 and Highway 7, halfway between the towns of

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, Almonte,

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, and the nation's

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. Canada's

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, a tributary of the

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flows through the town. Mississippi Lake is just upstream by boat, as well as by car. The town is situated on the edge of a large limestone plain, just south of the edge of the

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in the deciduous forest ecoregion of North America.

History

Carleton Place was first settled by Europeans when British authorities prompted immigration to Lanark County in the early 19th century. The Morphy and Moore families were among the first to arrive. Edmond Morphy chose the site in 1819 when he realized there was potential in the area's waterfall. He built a mill there and was the first of many such textile and lumber industries to locate in the area. The settlement was then known as Morphy's Falls. In 1829, the area was renamed Carleton Place (a name by local merchant Alexander Morris), after a street in

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, Scotland, when a post office was constructed. In November 1870, it separated from Beckwith Township and became an incorporated village, and a town in 1890. The community's economic growth was enabled by the construction of the Brockville and Ottawa Railway later in the century. The town was also renowned for its access to Mississippi Lake, and had steamship service to Innisville on the west end of Mississippi Lake between the 1860s and 1920s.Brown, Howard Morton, 1984. Lanark Legacy, Nineteenth Century Glimpses of on Ontario County. Corporation of the County of Lanark, Perth, Ontario and General Store Publishing House, Renfrew, Ontario. p. 220-222.

Demographics

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by

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, Carleton Place had a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a change of from its 2016 population of . Statistics Canada cited Carleton Place as the fastest growing municipality in Canada in 2021. With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2021.

Economy

The logging industry stimulated economic development in the 19th century, with white pine logs exported to Europe. Local forests were depleted of hemlock to provide bark for the leather tanning industry. Both textile and lumber mills flourished, but none still operates. "The Findlay

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", founded by David Findlay in 1862, operated until 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. The " Crash Position Indicator" (CPI) was manufactured and marketed in Carleton Place by Leigh Instruments Ltd.

Education

The Upper Canada District School Board manages public education in Carleton Place and Lanark County, while the Catholic District School Board of Eastern Ontario is in charge of schools teaching the Catholic curriculum. Schools in the Carleton Place area include: * Carleton Place High School * Notre Dame Catholic High School

Notable residents

* Roy Brown, RAF pilot credited with shooting down the

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* D'Alton Corry Coleman, president of the

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* David Cooney, Juno Award-winning folk-rock musician, a founding member of the band Waltons *

Ryan Cuthbert Ryan Cuthbert (born December 13, 1979, in Carleton Place, Ontario) is a Canadian sprint canoer who has competed since the mid-2000s. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he earned his best finish of ninth in the K-4 1000 m event at Athens in 2004 ...

, sprint kayaker, 2 time Olympian (2004 Sydney Olympics(k-4 1000m), 2008 Beijing Olympics(k-2 1000m)) * Shean Donovan, professional ice hockey player (retired), who last played for the

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. *

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, sprint canoer, Olympian (1972 Munich Olympics), (1976 Montreal Olympics) * Jill Heinerth, cave diver and explorer *

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, sports editor of the ''

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'' and the ''

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'' * Leslie McFarlane, wrote many of the original Hardy Boys books under the pen name Franklin W. Dixon * Jordan McIntosh, pop-country musician, 2014 Country Music Association of Ontario Rising Star Award Recipient and 2015 Canadian Country Music Association Rising Star Award Nominee *

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, professional ice hockey player for the

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* Andrew Willows, sprint kayaker, 2 time Olympian (2004 Athens Olympics(k-4 1000m), 2008 Beijing Olympics(k-2 500m))

Sister cities

Carleton Place is an active participant in the

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program and has a relationship with the following municipalities: *

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, United States (2008) * Comrie,

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Sources

br>2006 Community Profile – Carleton Place
retrieved 2007-11-02
Local History
retrieved 2011/06/09
Step forward for condos and farmers market as demolition begins
retrieved 2011/06/09

retrieved 2011/06/09

References

External links

* {{Authority control Lower-tier municipalities in Ontario Towns in Ontario