Carp is a large village west of urban Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet, but smaller than a Town or City. Ottawa (ˈɒtəwə or sometimes /ˈɒtəwɑː/ is the Capital of Canada and the country's fourth largest municipality. Ontario (ɒnˈtɛrioʊ is a province located in the central part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest after Quebec Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page 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 seven Emergency Government Headquarters (commonly referred to as Diefenbunkers) are Nuclear fallout shelters that were built across Canada at the height Cold War is the state of conflict tension and competition that existed between the United States and the Soviet Union (USSR and their respective allies from the The Sum of All Fears is the best-selling thriller novel by Tom Clancy, and part of the Jack Ryan series The Ottawa/Carp Airport is located near the village. Ottawa/Carp Airport or Carp Airport,, is located south of Carp, Ontario, Canada, a small village that is now part of Ottawa
The village took its name from the Carp River which runs through the village. There are two Carp River s in the province of Ontario, Canada: The Carp River in the city of Ottawa flows north from Kanata to The main street was formerly a section of the Trans-Canada Highway and carried much of the traffic coming from the west into Ottawa. The Trans-Canada Highway is a federal-provincial Highway system that joins all ten provinces of Canada. Ottawa (ˈɒtəwə or sometimes /ˈɒtəwɑː/ is the Capital of Canada and the country's fourth largest municipality. However the village has now been bypassed with the development of the Highway 417. Highway 417 is a 400-series highway in Ontario. It is the backbone of the transportation system in the Ottawa region where it is known as the Queensway
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. West Carleton is a historic township in eastern Ontario, Canada. As such, residents of this large area will identify themselves as living in Carp although they may live large distances from the village proper.
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.
The Carp River
This river initially took its name do to the overwhelming amount of the carp fish that lived within it. "Riverine" redirects here For the use of that term in Maritime geography, see there Carp is a common name for various Freshwater Fish of the family Cyprinidae, a very large In the early 1800s the river was overrun with the fish because farmers used to throw all of their dead animals in it. Conversely, In "Carleton Saga" by Harry and Olive Walker" the over-abundant fish is said by early French explorers to be suckers and mud-pout, that in French translate as carpe.
See also
- St. Paul's United Church, Carp
External links
- Carp travel guide from Wikitravel
- Official website of the annual Carp Fair
- History of Carp at the Farmers' Market website
- Huntley Centennial School Council website
- Website to preserve Carp's historic village character
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