Point Mckay, Calgary

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Point Mckay
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settlement_type = Neighbourhood


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dot_map_caption = Location of Point Mckay in Calgary
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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = CAN
subdivision_type1 = Province
subdivision_name1 = AB
subdivision_type2 = City
subdivision_name2 = flag|Calgary
subdivision_type3 = Quadrant
subdivision_name3 = NW
subdivision_type4 = Ward
subdivision_name4 = 7
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leader_title = Administrative body
leader_name = Calgary City Council
leader_title1 = Alderman
leader_name1 = Druh Farrell
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established_title = Established
established_date = 1911
established_title2 = Annexed
established_date2 = 1963
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area_total_km2 = 0.3
population_as_of = 2006
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population_total = 1344
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population_blank1_title = Average Income
population_blank1 = $63731
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latd= 51|latm= 03|lats= 35|latNS= N|longd= 114|longm= 08|longs= 40|longEW= W
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elevation_m = 1060
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website = [http://www.calgaryarea.com/nw/montgomery/montgomery.htm Point Mckay Community Association]
footnotes = Point Mckay is a residential neighbourhood in the north-west quadrant of Calgary, Alberta. It is bounded to the north by Bowness Road and to the south by the Bow River. Edworthy Park is located across the river, and is connected by a bridge to Point Mckay.

It was part of the town of Montgomery before it was annexed to the City of Calgary in 1963. [Cite web| author= Federation of Calgary Communities | url= http://www.calgaryarea.com/nw/montgomery/montgomery.htm |title= Montgomery Community| accessdate= 2007-05-17] It is represented in the Calgary City Council by Ward 7 Alderman Druh Farrell.

Demographics

In 2006 the neighbourhood had a population of 1,344.Cite web| url=http://www.calgary.ca/DocGallery/BU/cityclerks/popcomparisonbycomm.pdf | author= City of Calgary | title= Community Population Comparison | year=2006 | accessdate= 2007-05-21] Residents in this community had a median household income of $63,731 in 2000, and there were 9.5% low income residents living in the neighborhood.Cite web| url= http://www.calgary.ca/docgallery/bu/cns/community_social_statistics/ward_7_profile.pdf | title=Ward 7 Profile| author=City of Calgary| year=2004| accessdate= 2007-05-21] As of 2000, 15.2% of the residents were immigrants. A proportion of 37.4% of the buildings were condominiums or apartments, and 25.8% of the housing was used for renting.Cite web| url= http://www.calgary.ca/docgallery/bu/cns/community_social_statistics/point_mckay.pdf| title= Point Mckay Community Statistics| author= City of Calgary | year= 2006 | accessdate= 2007-05-21]

Education

The community is served by Terrace Road Elementary public school.

ee also

*List of neighbourhoods in Calgary

References

External links

* [http://www.calgaryarea.com/nw/montgomery/montgomery.htm Montgomery Community Association]

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Surname and its originsThe name originates from southern Africa. It was most popular amongst those within the Zulu tribes of Kenya. It meant 'bird of a feather' in other words the silent killer. The honour of the Mckay name was awarded to those in the tribe who could kill the white man or those in rival tribes without anyone knowing.After the Zulu tribe emigrated to known today as the Republic of South Africa (newly dominated by the white man) the Mckay name became widely spread as killings were often due to the behaviour and lack of respect shown by the white man.The surname is less popular with those of Zulu decent as they were killed off by the South Africans on 'Bloody Wednesday' where thousans of South African segregationalist slaugtered thousands of Mckays in revenge for their killings and to prove their racial dominace.

Yet the surname still lives on in the form of those interbred with the white man.Nowadays the name Mckay is widely spread across the world, being very popular with those who claim anglo-saxon decent in the USA and the UK.