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”’Carleton”’ is a small community in the Canadian province of [[Nova Scotia]], located in [[Yarmouth County]].<ref name=”names”>{{cite book |last1=Fergusson |first1=C. Bruce |author-link=Charles Bruce Fergusson |title=Place-Names and Places of Nova Scotia |date=1967 |publisher=[[Public Archives of Nova Scotia]] |location=Halifax, N.S. |page=111 |url=https://archives.novascotia.ca/places/page/?ID=111 |access-date=26 November 2025}}</ref><ref name=cnbg>{{cite cgndb|id=CAGJD|name=Carleton|accessdate=26 November 2025}}</ref> It is located approximately 26 kilometers northeast of the town of [[Yarmouth, Nova Scotia|Yarmouth]].
”’Carleton”’ is a small community in the Canadian province of [[Nova Scotia]], located in [[Yarmouth County]].<ref name=”names”>{{ |access-date=26 November 2025}}</ref><ref name=cnbg>{{cite cgndb|id=CAGJD|name=Carleton|accessdate=26 November 2025}}</ref> It is located approximately 26 kilometers northeast of the town of [[Yarmouth, Nova Scotia|Yarmouth]].
The first settler in the area was Daniel Raymond. At one time it was known as “Nine Partners’ Falls” owing to nine settlers having formed a partnership to run a mill there. It was also formerly known as “Temperance,” owing to the settlers having formed a Temperance compact to eschew all intoxicating liquors. Its present name is in honour of the first Baron of Dorchester, [[Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester|Guy Carleton]], who was Commander-in-Chief in America in 1782, afterwards Governor of Quebec, up to 1796.<ref name=”brown”>{{cite wikisource |last=Brown |first=Thomas J. |author-link=Thomas J. Brown (writer) |year=1922 |title=Place-Names of the Province of Nova Scotia |location=Halifax, N.S. |publisher=Royal Print & Litho |page=30 |wslink=Place-Names_of_the_Province_of_Nova_Scotia/C |anchor=Carleton}} {{Source-attribution}}</ref>
The first settler in the area was Daniel Raymond. At one time it was known as “Nine Partners’ Falls” owing to nine settlers having formed a partnership to run a mill there. It was also formerly known as “Temperance,” owing to the settlers having formed a Temperance compact to eschew all intoxicating liquors. Its present name is in honour of the first Baron of Dorchester, [[Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester|Guy Carleton]], who was Commander-in-Chief in America in 1782, afterwards Governor of Quebec, up to 1796.<ref name=”brown”>{{cite wikisource |last=Brown |first=Thomas J. |author-link=Thomas J. Brown (writer) |year=1922 |title=Place-Names of the Province of Nova Scotia |location=Halifax, N.S. |publisher=Royal Print & Litho |page=30 |wslink=Place-Names_of_the_Province_of_Nova_Scotia/C |anchor=Carleton}} {{Source-attribution}}</ref>
Community in Nova Scotia, Canada
Carleton is a small community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in Yarmouth County.[1][2] It is located approximately 26 kilometers northeast of the town of Yarmouth.
The first settler in the area was Daniel Raymond. At one time it was known as “Nine Partners’ Falls” owing to nine settlers having formed a partnership to run a mill there. It was also formerly known as “Temperance,” owing to the settlers having formed a Temperance compact to eschew all intoxicating liquors. Its present name is in honour of the first Baron of Dorchester, Guy Carleton, who was Commander-in-Chief in America in 1782, afterwards Governor of Quebec, up to 1796.[3]
44°00′31″N 65°55′55″W / 44.00861°N 65.93194°W / 44.00861; -65.93194
