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In 1921 a covered rink with three sheets of natural ice was built on Charles Street as a new home to the Carleton Place Curling Club. This photo was taken in 1994 shortly before it’s demolition. A 1988 engineer’s report had indicated it was no longer structurally sound, and construction of a new facility on Patterson Crescent was underway. That building is still in use and includes four ice surfaces, a lounge and change rooms.
Early curling took place on the frozen Mississippi River in the 1860s. During the 1880’s, the hardwood floor of the Drill Hall was flooded for use as a curling surface. The Carleton Place Curling Club was formed in 1886, and a two sheet covered rink was built into the end of the Drill Hall on Beckwith Street. This was destroyed by fire in 1910.
The first record of curling in the Carleton Place area is of games between men’s teams from Almonte, Ramsay Township and Carleton Place on the Indian and Mississippi Rivers in 1860. During the 1880’s the hardwood floor of the drill hall was flooded for a curling surface.
Jeffrey JacksonThis is club I leaned to curl in during high school. Great memories.Jimmy Miller did the iceI believe we were the first high school team to get to the regionals fromCarletonPlaceTerry Kirkpatrick Mike Peckett Dale Machin and me–Wonderful time
Lila Leach-JamesI had my very first curling game there as well! Seems like a long time ago!
Heather ArmstrongM Terry Kirkpatrick I sure do-It was like a backwards skipping

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How many still have their pins?
From The Carleton Place Ladies Curling Club 1924-1980 thanks to Carleton Place Curling Club






September 12, 2018 ·
Mom (Dorothea MacIntyre Kirkpatrick) and Dad (Murray Kirkpatrick), Jim Peden, team that won the Lady Gilmour Trophy for Carleton Place Curling Club – late sixties early seventies:

LES ELLES DU NORD added a new photo to the album: Plaisirs d’hiver.
January 29 at 4:18 PM ·
Winter pleasure
Curling
Women’s curling club in Carleton Place, Ontario in the early 1900. S. Beautiful Archive Picture!



September 19 at 6:47 PM ·
Winchester Curling Club dress up for Woman of the World Bonspiel




December 19, 2016 ·
Check out this little blast from the past that i got given to me. I assume Findlay foundry did these ash trays for the curling club.

Kyle McCulloch32-14? Never seen a score line like that for curling.
Jeff BrennanKyle McCulloch Two game total, likely 12 ends. Possibly using irons, not granite stones.


Admin · March 16, 2019 ·
Ted Hurdis
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