Carleton Place (population 10,000) is a town in the eastern portion of Eastern Ontario, Canada, in Lanark County, about 46 kilometres (29 mi) 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.
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 after the street in Glasgow, but the spelling was altered in 1829.
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. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
