Carlton is an unincorporated place in Rosthern Rural Municipality No.

The place is located on Highway 683, approximately 20 km north-west of Rosthern.

The fort was originally established as a Hudson's Bay Company fur trading post that operated between 1810 until 1885.

The Carlton Trail was the primary land transportation route connecting the various parts of the Canadian Northwest for most of the 19th century.

The distance in total the trail traveled between Fort Garry (Winnipeg) to Upper Fort des Prairies (Edmonton) was approximately 900 miles (1,500 kilometers).