Cavendish | |
Settlement Type: | Hamlet |
Pushpin Map: | CAN AB Special Area 2 # Alberta |
Pushpin Label Position: | none |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Cavendish in Special Area No. 2 |
Coordinates: | 50.8194°N -110.451°W |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Canada |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Alberta |
Subdivision Type2: | Region |
Subdivision Name2: | Central Alberta |
Subdivision Type3: | Census division |
Subdivision Name3: | No. 4 |
Subdivision Type4: | Special Area |
Subdivision Name4: | Special Area No. 2 |
Government Type: | Unincorporated |
Leader Title1: | Governing body |
Leader Name1: | Special Areas Board |
Elevation M: | 791 |
Timezone1: | Mountain Time Zone |
Utc Offset1: | -7 |
Timezone1 Dst: | Mountain Time Zone |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | -6 |
Cavendish is a hamlet in Alberta, Canada that is under the jurisdiction of the Special Areas Board.
The hamlet has the name of Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire, 11th Governor General of Canada.[1]
A marsh in Cavendish was the location of Alberta's first record of a Common crane on December 11, 1957.[2]