Carp's arena, built in the early 1980s for West Carleton Township and named for longtime MPP Erskine Johnston.
The W. Erskine Johnston Arena was built in Carp in the early 1980s to serve West Carleton Township. It is named for William Erskine Johnston, a Carp-born Progressive Conservative who represented Carleton in the Ontario legislature from 1955 to 1971, in recognition of his long public service.
The West Carleton Skating Club skates here. In 2018 the arena got West Carleton's first junior hockey team, the Inferno of the National Capital Junior Hockey League, which came into existence after the league's Blackburn Inferno folded and played a 34-game Junior C season. Owner John Miotla told West Carleton Online it was the perfect place: a great arena, bright and with big dressing rooms. The team played here as the West Carleton Inferno until 2021, when it became the Almonte Inferno.
Admission, rentals and arrival details, researched from official rink information. Source checks stay current for 30 days.
Basic skating, including HST: adult CA$5.85; child, youth or student CA$3.50; senior CA$4.40; family CA$3.50 per person. Specialized skating and hockey use a separate, higher Plus rate. Specialized skating and hockey (Plus rate, including HST): child, youth or student CA$6.20; adult CA$10.35; senior CA$7.75.
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Bring exact change or a valid membership. At this stand-alone arena, the attendant cannot make change or accept credit or debit cards.
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At public and family skates, children 10 and under must be actively supervised by a parent or guardian aged 14 or older. Children 10 and under must wear a CSA-certified hockey helmet to be allowed on the ice at City indoor arenas (bicycle, ski and snow-sport helmets are not allowed), and children may not be carried on the ice.
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On-site parking is available.
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E-Z gliders are permitted as a skating aid during family and public skating. Wheelchairs and strollers stay along the boards, with sand and salt cleaned off the wheels, and wheelchair and stroller occupants over 12 months need a CSA-approved helmet.
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