Brintnell is a residential neighbourhood in northeast
Edmonton
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Canada
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. It is bounded by 167 Avenue to the north, 153 Avenue to the south,
Manning Drive
Manning (a.k.a. Mannion, Manning) is a family name.
Origin and meaning
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to the east and 50 Street to the west.
The community is represented by the Horse Hill
Community League
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, established in 1972.
The neighbourhood is named after Wilfred Leigh Brintnell (1895-1971), WWI air force veteran and airline pilot with Western Canada Airways. In WWII his company, Aircraft Repair Ltd., was responsible for repairing aircraft used in the
Northwest Staging Route
The Northwest Staging Route was a series of airstrips, airport and radio ranging stations operating in Alberta, British Columbia, Yukon and Alaska during World War II. It extended into the Soviet Union as the ALSIB (ALaska-SIBerian air road). Th ...
, by which airplanes were sent to strengthen the
USSR forces engaged in fighting with German invaders.
Demographics
In the City of Edmonton's 2012 municipal census, Brintnell had a population of living in dwellings,
a 14.5% change from its 2009 population of .
With a land area of ,
[ it had a population density of people/km2 in 2012.][
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Housing
According to the 2005 Municipal Census, there were 154 residences in the neighbourhood. Approximately nine out of ten (91%) of the residences were single-family dwellings, with all but one of the remaining fourteen residences being duplexes, triplexes or quadruplexes.[Because the neighbourhood is new, and still under development, it is reasonable to expect this information will change rapidly.]
Surrounding neighbourhoods
See also
* Edmonton Federation of Community Leagues
The Edmonton Federation of Community Leagues (EFCL) is a non-profit organization that acts as an administrative body to support community leagues throughout Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, and is officially recognized by city council as the coordinat ...
References
External links
Brintnell Neighbourhood Profile
Neighbourhoods in Edmonton
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