“Just what makes that little ole ant
Think he’ll move that rubber tree plant?
Anyone knows an ant can’t
Move a rubber tree plant.”
Enjoying a discussion the other day at the Carleton Place and Beckwith Museum, I found out something I had never known about Carleton Place. Local icon Blaine Cornell, told me about one the “7 Wonders of Carleton Place”. Apparently, just around the bend on High Street towards Highway 7 there was a local attraction called “The Rubber Tree”.
It wasn’t a real rubber tree, but more of a tree full of bicycle inner tubes people tossed on the branches. As I stood on High Street taking pictures this week, I tried to imagine what it looked like. Even Google Image had nothing I would consider close.
Does anyone remember it, and are there still pictures around?
I have something in my backyard that is kind of a wonder. Last year while cleaning up debris, we uncovered a tree that had eaten a bicycle. That’s right, it is now part of the tree growth, and it can only be removed by a saw. In Europe they charge big bucks to come visit a similar bicycle, but I am just going to leave it there, so it can become the 8th Wonder of Carleton Place:)
Carleton Place- The Happiest Damn Town in Lanark County
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