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Carleton Place is a town in Eastern Ontario, Canada, in Lanark County, about 55 kilometres (34 mi) west of downtown Ottawa. [3] It is located at the crossroads of Highway 15 and Highway 7 , halfway between the towns of Perth , Almonte , Smiths Falls , and the nation's capital , Ottawa .
Black's Corners, a hamlet south of Carleton Place, is the location for the town hall of Beckwith. This site was chosen in 1857 as a compromise between Franktown and Carleton Place where the township council had met on an alternating basis previously. [2] Currently, there are two marine's, an auto shop, and previously a gas station.
The county also has 47 provincially significant wetlands. Some of the largest are Blueberry Marsh (north of Perth), the Innisville Wetlands (upstream of Mississippi Lake) and the Goodwood Marsh south of Carleton Place. [20] In addition to David White's list of 17 areas of plant diversity, Paul Keddy lists 17 special places in the county. [21]
By 1852, there were three taverns, three shoe shops, two blacksmiths, two carpentry shops, a new store, and a tailor. The Union Church on Old Richmond Road was built in 1853 by the Anglicans , Methodists and Presbyterians on land donated by Hugh Bell, and is the present site of the Bells Corners Union Cemetery. [ 10 ]
The Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) station in Carleton Place, Ontario, Canada, is a single-story train station that was built between 1921 and 1922 and currently stands at 110 Miguel Street. [1] In 2007, it was listed in the Canadian Register of Historic Places . [ 1 ]
In addition to Kingston and Carleton Place, the highway provides access to the Eastern Ontario communities of Joyceville, Seeley's Bay, Morton, Elgin, Crosby, Portland, Lombardy and Franktown. Prior to 1998, Highway 15 continued north from Carleton Place, passed Almonte and through Pakenham, to Highway 17 (now Highway 417) in Arnprior.
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Carleton Place station; L. Lanark—Frontenac—Kingston (federal electoral district) Lanark—Frontenac—Kingston (provincial electoral district)