Carleton County, Ontario

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Carleton County, Ontario was a former county in eastern Ontario, Canada, that included rural townships and parts of what is now the city of Ottawa.

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Carleton County, Ontario canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf county-level subdivision
former county
archivedBy Archives of Ontario
borderedBy Grenville County, Ontario
Lanark County
surface form: Lanark County, Ontario

Leeds County
surface form: Leeds County, Ontario

Renfrew County
surface form: Renfrew County, Ontario

Russell County, Ontario
contained Gloucester Township
Goulbourn Township
Huntley Township
Manotick
March Township
Marlborough Township
Nepean Township
North Gower Township
Osgoode Township
Richmond (village)
Torbolton Township
parts of what is now the city of Ottawa
rural townships
country Canada
createdFrom Bathurst District
dissolved 1969
established 1838
governingBody Carleton County Council
hasLegacy Carleton County persists as a historical geographic reference
hasPrimaryRiver Ottawa River
Rideau River
historicalFunction local government unit
historicalRegion Ottawa Valley
includedAreaNowIn Ottawa
surface form: City of Ottawa
language English
French
locatedIn Ontario
Eastern Ontario
surface form: eastern Ontario
namedAfter Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester
nowPartOf Ottawa–Gatineau metropolitan area
surface form: City of Ottawa metropolitan area
partOf Ontario
surface form: Province of Ontario
populationCentre Bytown
surface form: Bytown (later Ottawa)
regionCode CA-ON
seat Bytown
Ottawa
successor Regional Municipality of Ottawa–Carleton
timeZone Eastern Time Zone
transportationHistory served by Canadian National Railway
served by Canadian Pacific Railway

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Carleton hasNameOrigin Carleton County, Ontario