Rural Routes - Carp and the Carp Fair

3790 Carp Rd.
Carp, Ontario
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Ontario Tourism Region : Ottawa and Countryside

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Enjoy the Fair season throughout Ontario and congratulate the organizers on the hard work and dedication of showcasing rural Ontario.
Pop. 443. In W. Carleton T., Reg. Mun. of Ottawa-Carleton, on Carp R. and C. Rd. 5,30 km. W of Ottawa.
Settled in the 1830s, the place was named after the river on which it is situated. The name suggests the river once produced many carp fish, but there is no record of this.
It was, however, noted for an abundance of suckers, harvested during the spring Tun. The community is often referred to regionally as The Carp, or Carp Village.
In the 1840s, Dooley's hostelry opened at Carp and it was from its balcony that Sir John A. Macdonald addressed a crowd of hundreds during his 1887 election campaign.
The hotel was destroyed by fire in 1936.
The Diefenbunker, the most famous of a series of bunkers built in Canada during the Cold War to ensure continuance of government in the event of nuclear attack, is located near here.
It is now operated by a nonprofit group that conducts tours of the former Central Emergency Government Headquarters and its Cold War Museum.
The four-storey, 100,000-square-foot underground facility could accommodate up to 500 occupants for 30 days until primary fallout from a nuclear attack would have dissipated.

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Off the beaten track:	Westwood, Carp area, 2km Marchhurst, 4km Elm, 5km Malwood, 7km Huntley, 7km Harwood Plains, 7km Marathon Village, 7km Corkery, 9km Manion Corners, 10km Marathon, 8km South March, 8km Strathearn, 9km Woodlawn, 13km South March Station, 10km Old Stittsville, 12km Dunrobin Shore, 14km Baskin's Beach, 15km	Berrys, 12km Greenlands, 16km Hazeldean, 12km Constance Bay, 16km Stittsville, 13km Kilmaurs, 16km Panmure, 12km Shirleys Bay, 13km Glen Cairn, 14km Buckham's Bay, 18km Eaglesons Corners, 13km Nepean, 13km Healey's Heath, 16km Stanley Corners, 16km Ashton Station, 19km Dirleton, 19km Appleton, 19km	Antrim, 15km Bridlewood, 16km Mansfield, Nepean area, 19km Crystal Bay, 15km Fitzroy, 18km Westcliffe Estates, 16km Rocky Point, 16km Crystal Beach, 16km Bells Junction, 16km Bellwood, Nepean area, 16km Bells Corners, Nepean area, 16km Snedden, 18km MacLaren's Landing, 21km Arbeatha Park, 17km Mohr Corners, 18km Lynwood Village, 17km
Nearby Lakes:	Casey Lake, 8km Constance Lake, 8km Mud Pond, 10km Mud Lake, 19km Bowley Lake, 25km Mississippi Lake, 33km North Mud Lake, 35km Quig Lake, 30km Dows Lake, 27km Clayton Lake, 30km Brewer Park Pond, 28km Lake Madawaska, 28km Marshall Lake, 31km Taylor Lake, 33km Little Ramsbottoms Lake, 36km McKay Lake, 31km Sand Pits Lake, 31km	Haley Lake, 39km Coyle Lake, 31km South Mud Lake, 43km Ramsbottoms Lake, 38km Harding Lake, 36km Lake on the Mount, 35km Stewart Lake, 40km Skunk Lake, 34km Lac des Chats, 34km Madden Lake, 35km MacKay Lake, 37km Cranberry Lake, 34km Reid Lake, 36km Brandy Lake, 35km Bigford Lake, 39km Willis Lake, 35km Gillies Lake, 41km	Samuel Lake, 38km Schuyler Lake, 36km Lowney Lake, 35km Craig Lake, 40km Baxter Lake, 42km Kerr Lake, 44km Robbs Lake, 39km Bow Lake, 40km Bacchus Mud Lake, 54km White Lake, 38km Lower Rideau Lake, 54km Raycroft Lake, 40km Devils Hole, 38km Little Lake, 44km Hornes Lake, 45km Gunns Lake, 41km

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