Montecito, for administrative and planning purposes also known as "Sperling-Broadway", is a neighbourhood in
Burnaby
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,
British Columbia
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,
Canada
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.
Montecito is located to the southwest of
Burnaby Mountain
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, between
Kensington Avenue to the west and Greystone Drive and Arden Avenue to the east. Halifax Street and the
Lougheed Highway Lougheed is an Irish variant of a surname of Scottish origins, meaning ''head of the lake''. Lougheed or Loughead may refer to:
Places
* Lougheed, Alberta, a Canadian village
* Lougheed Island, Nunavut, Canada
* Lougheed Highway, part of British ...
form its northern and southern boundaries respectively. It used to be part of a larger
Lochdale neighbourhood.
The area is served by several bus routes such as #134, #144 and #136.
Sperling – Burnaby Lake Station
Sperling is a German and Jewish surname, meaning "Old World sparrow, sparrow" in English. Notable people with the surname include:
* Alexander Sperling (1890–1973), German gymnast
* Andrea Sperling, American film producer
* Bert Sperling (born ...
is directly to the south.
There are two elementary schools in this area -
Sperling and Montecito.
Burnaby North Secondary School serves this and neighbouring areas.
Two major attractions are Burnaby Mountain Golf Course and the adjacent
Squint Lake. There is a small Montecito Park with some
tennis
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courts.
Image:Duthie_@_Halifax_Montecito.JPG, Duthie Ave at Halifax Street
Image:Halifax_@_Duthie_Montecito.JPG, Halifax Street west of Duthie Ave
Image:Squint_Lake_Montecito.JPG, Squint Lake in spring
Image:Halifax_Street_@_Phillips_Ave_in_Montecito.JPG, Halifax Street at Phillips Ave is the corner where several apartment and condo buildings are located
References
Burnaby.ca - Sperling-Broadway
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Neighbourhoods in Burnaby