Kinglet Gardens is a developing neighborhood in northwest
Edmonton
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,
Alberta
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,
Canada
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. It was named for
golden-crowned kinglet
The golden-crowned kinglet (''Regulus satrapa'') is a very small songbird in the family Regulidae that lives throughout much of North America.
Description
Adults are olive-gray on the upperparts with white underparts, with thin bills and shor ...
s and
ruby-crowned kinglet
The ruby-crowned kinglet (''Corthylio calendula'') is a very small passerine bird found throughout North America. It is a member of the kinglet family. The bird has olive-green plumage with two white wing bars and a white eye-ring. Males have a r ...
s that are native to nearby
Big Lake.
Kinglet Gardens is located within the
Big Lake area
and is identified as Neighbourhood 4 within the Big Lake Area Structure Plan (ASP).
It was officially named Kinglet Gardens on May 27, 2014.
It is bounded on the west by 231 Street NW, north by the
Hawks Ridge neighbourhood, east by 215 Street NW (
Winterburn Road
The following is a list of the north–south arterial thoroughfares in the city of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Numbered streets run north–south with street numbers increasing to the west. In 1982 a quadrant system was adopted. Meridian Street (1 S ...
), and south by
Yellowhead Trail
Yellowhead Trail is a expressway segment of the Yellowhead Highway (Highway 16) in northern Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It carries a significant amount of truck traffic to and from the industrial areas of north Edmonton and serves as a key co ...
(
Highway 16
Route 16, or Highway 16, can refer to:
International
* Asian Highway 16
* European route E16
* European route E016
Australia
- Thompsons Road (Victoria)
- South Australia
Canada
;Parts of the Trans-Canada Highway:
*Yellowhead Hi ...
).
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Surrounding neighbourhoods
References
Neighbourhoods in Edmonton
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