I am sorry to transmit to Your Lordship the disagreeable account of a disagreeable Business, some time in the Beginning of this Month, upon news of the Rebel Army approaching, General Carleton set out for Montreal in great Haste ; the 7th instant the Rebels landed in the Woods near St. John's, and beat back to their Boats by a Party of Savages incamped at that Place ; in this Action the Savages behaved with great Spirit and Resolution, and had they remained firm to our Interests, probably the Province would have been safe for this Year, but finding the Canadians in General averse to the taking up Arms for the Defence of their Country, they withdrew, and made their Peace.

Carleton Place is a town in Eastern Ontario, Canada, in Lanark County, about west of downtown Ottawa.

Carleton Place was first settled when British authorities prompted immigration to Lanark County in the early 19th century.

In 1829, the area was renamed Carleton Place, after a street in Glasgow, Scotland, when a post office was constructed.

The river led to the development of the Ottawa Valley Canoe Association in 1893, which still exists today as the Carleton Place Canoe Club.

The " Crash Position Indicator " ( CPI ) was manufactured and marketed in Carleton Place by Leigh Instruments Ltd.

Town Hall and Mississippi River in Carleton Place

One of the principal attractions of Carleton Place is the Mississippi River, including the rapids through limestone which supports one of the regions largest stands of hackberry trees.

There is also the Carleton Place Dragon Boat Festival, Carleton Place and Beckwith Heritage Museum, and the Canada Veteran's Hall of Valour.

Also located in Carleton Place is the The Book Gallery, Ontario's largest used book store.

The Carleton Place Canoe Club was founded in 1893 and it is the oldest canoe club in Canada.

The Bridge Street Bazaar hosted annually by the Carleton Place BIA ( Business Improvement Association ) is a street fair, which occurs on the Civic Holiday weekend.

As a result of the population growth in Carleton Place and area, Highway 7 has been in the process of expanding from two lanes to four to allow better traffic flow from the Ottawa area during rush hour periods.

In addition to the Highway 7 expansion, since 2006, there has been a rapid expansion in the number and variety of retail stores in Carleton Place, mainly concentrated along McNeely Ave between Hwy 7 and Coleman Avenue / Cavanaugh Road in three large format big box developments.

Though track through Carleton Place has not been removed, local advocates work towards maintaining the presence of a local train track, however, rail utility buildings in downtown Carleton Place were recently removed.

The Upper Canada District School Board manages public education in Carleton Place and Lanark County, while the Catholic District School Board of Eastern Ontario is in charge of schools teaching the Catholic curriculum.

Following is a list of schools in the Carleton Place area:

* Carleton Place High School

In addition to these rules, Carleton has added the following: 1.

He has a BA in Religious Studies from the University of Manitoba, and a degree in journalism from Carleton University in Ottawa.

Dorff has written several anthologies on Jewish ethics and theologies with his co-author, Carleton College religion professor Louis E. Newman.

Only 18 percent of Carleton undergraduates retain their scholarship, which has prompted the administration to consider lowering the CGPA necessary to maintain an award from year to year.

Carleton has been included in a number of Canadian and international college and university rankings.

Carleton has eleven student residences.

Carleton University has joined Project Hero, a scholarship program co-founded by General ( Ret'd ) Rick Hillier for the families of fallen Canadian Forces members.

Academically, Carleton has been nationally recognized as a leading undergraduate institution.

Carleton College is part of the Annapolis Group, which has issued a group statement asking members not to participate in ranking surveys.

Carleton has enrolled more students who are in the National Merit Scholarship Program than any other liberal arts college in the country.

It releases an issue once every two weeks and has been generally well received by the Carleton community.

The oldest is the all-male Carleton Singing Knights, which has toured and recorded extensively over its more than 50-year history.

Carleton has numerous student traditions.

* February 3-John Chamberlain writes to Sir Dudley Carleton to tell him that the anonymous author of the tract Vox Populi has been unmasked as the radical preacher Thomas Scott.

* Via Rail Canada has a Manor sleeping car named after Sir Guy Carleton in his honor and there is a plaque inside the railcar explaining his exploits.

The Royal Canadian Navy has a number of professional brass-reed bands on ships: HMCS Carleton in Ottawa, Ontario ; HMCS Chippawa in Winnipeg, Manitoba ; HMCS Discovery in Vancouver, British Columbia ; HMCS Donnacona in Montreal, Quebec ; HMCS Montcalm in Quebec, Quebec ; HMCS Star in Hamilton, Ontario ; HMCS Tecumseh in Calgary, Alberta and HMCS York in Toronto, Ontario.

* Ottawa's Carleton University has a five kilometer underground tunnel complex which connects ten residence buildings with other buildings on its main campus.

The Prize of Ten Guineas for the best words for a Patriotic Song has been awarded by the Judges to Mrs. C. J. Carleton.

He has an honorary Doctor of Military Science degree from the Royal Military College of Canada, an honorary Doctor of Laws ( Conflict Resolution ) degree from Royal Roads University in British Columbia, an honorary Doctor of Education degree from Nipissing University, an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Carleton University, an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Queen's University, Kingston, an Honorary Doctor of Civil Law degree from Saint Mary's University, Halifax, an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Brock University and an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Concordia University.

Carleton, once a separate settlement, is the area of Penrith that has seen the most growth of housing in the past 30 years.

Carleton is reputed for its strength in a variety of fields, such as engineering, humanities, international business and many of the disciplines housed in its Faculty of Public Affairs ( including international affairs, journalism, political science, public policy and administration, and legal studies ).

" Carleton participates in the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities ( NAICU )' s University and College Accountability Network ( U-CAN ), a co-operative effort on the part of colleges to provide data for school comparison on a variety of bases.

The retreat was turned into a near rout when Carleton marched these fresh forces, along with most of his existing garrison, out of the city to face the disorganized Americans.