 On 1 November 1941, the Ottawa Division was commissioned as HMCS "Carleton," named after , a schooner named after Governor Guy Carleton, who defeated Richard Montgomery and Benedict Arnold at the Battle of Quebec on 31 December 1775.On 17 December 1943, HMCS "Carleton" moved to its current facilities at Canadian Forces Reserve Barrack Dow's Lake, when the new "stone frigate" was inaugurated in the presence of Major General Alexander Cambridge, 1st Earl of Athlone and the then Governor General of Canada.In 1944, a new type of naval presence was added to "Carleton" when the barracks blocks were occupied by the Women's Royal Canadian Naval Service (WRENS).