Why you'd want to live in Carleton Place

Life really IS better on the river. Whet your Olympic appetite in the paddling culture of Canada’s Mississippi River, a waterway that has made Carleton Place a natural draw for decades, and home to the oldest continuously operating Canoe Club in Canada. Early settlers chose this site for the waterfall, where mills were built attracting textile and lumber industries. When the post office was constructed in 1829, the area was named Carleton Place after a square in Glasgow, Scotland. The community grew to great success once the railway arrived later in the century. via lanarkcountytourism.com