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Carp is a village west of urban Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The Diefenbunker, a Cold War museum is located within the village, and it was featured in the film version of the The Sum of All Fears. The Ottawa/Carp Airport is located near the village. This article is about the capital city of Canada. ...
Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Latin: Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Official languages English Flower White Trillium Tree Eastern White Pine Bird Common Loon Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Lieutenant-Governor James K. Bartleman Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Parliamentary representation - House seat - Senate seats 106 24 Area Total...
A Diefenbunker is the nickname Canadian federal opposition politicians of the early 1960s coined for seven nuclear fallout shelters built across the country at the height of the Cold War during the infancy of the ICBM threat. ...
The Cold War was the protracted geopolitical, ideological, and economic struggle that emerged after World War II between the United States and its allies and the Soviet Union and its allies. ...
The Sum of All Fears is a best-selling thriller novel by Tom Clancy, and part of the Jack Ryan series. ...
The Carp Airport (ICAO identifier CYRP) is located 2. ...
The village took its name from the Carp River which runs through the village. The main street was formerly a section of the Trans-Canada Highway and carried much of the traffic coming from the west into Ottawa. However the village has now been bypassed with the development of the Highway 417. There are two Carp Rivers in the province of Ontario, Canada: The Carp River in the city of Ottawa flows north from Kanata to empty into the Ottawa River at Fitzroy Harbour, Ontario. ...
Trans Canada Highway over Canada Map The Trans-Canada Highway is a federal-provincial highway system that joins all ten provinces of Canada. ...
Motto: Advance Ottawa/Ottawa en avant Coordinates: Country Canada Province Ontario County Established 1850 as Bytown City Mayor Bob Chiarelli Governing body Ottawa City Council MPs / MPPs Members of Parliament (MPs) Mauril Bélanger (LPC), Paul Dewar (NDP), John Baird (CPC), Royal Galipeau (CPC), David McGuinty (LPC),Pierre Lemieux (CPC...
Highway 417 as part of the 400-series network Highway 417 is a 400-Series Highway in Ontario. ...
With the amalgmation of municipal governments in the region in 2001, Carp is now governed as part of the new city of Ottawa. Carp is used as a mailing address for large areas of the former West Carleton Township. As such, residents of this large area will identify themselves as living in Carp although they may live large distances from the village proper. Coat of arms of West Carleton West Carleton is an historic township in eastern Ontario, Canada. ...
A large farmers' market is held in Carp each Saturday from May to October. The Carp Fair is held in September; the first fair was held in 1880. It is now located at the fairgrounds. The fair attracts people from all over the city every year.
There are three schools in Carp at large: Huntley Centennial Public School, St. Michael's and Venta, a private school.
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External links - History of Carp at the Farmers' Market website
- Huntley Centennial School Council website
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