Stony Plain is a town in the Edmonton Metropolitan Region of Alberta, Canada, that is surrounded by Parkland County. It is west of Edmonton adjacent to the City of Spruce Grove.
Stony Plain is known for its many painted murals representing various periods, events and people throughout the town's history. The town was originally known as Dog Rump Creek.
History
The name of the town is believed to have come from one of two possible origins. The first is that the Stoney people camped in the area historically. The second possibility is that Dr. James Hector, a geologist on the Palliser expedition, noticed boulders scattered across the area. The official name for the settlement was adopted in 1892. Alex McNabb and McPherson were the first homesteaders in the area.
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File:Stony Plain, Alberta (1910).jpg|Train station, 1910
File:Welcome to Stony Plain, Alberta (circa 1912).jpg|Circa 1912
File:Stony Plain, Alberta (circa 1912).jpg|Circa 1912
File:Stony Plain, Alberta (circa 1925).jpg|Circa 1935
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Geography
Climate
Stony Plain has a humid continental climate (Köppen climate classification Dfb) It falls into the NRC Plant Hardiness Zone 4a.