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AT A GLANCE STONY PLAIN, ALBERTA WHAT: A town of 17,000 WHERE: Central Alberta, just west of Edmonton WEBSITE: www.stonyplain.com S tony Plain, Alberta is a strong, vibrant community that re- spects its heritage, embraces its present, and is excited about its future.While rubbing elbows, geographically, with neighbor- ing Edmonton (capital city of Alberta, Can- ada) means a wealth of local opportunities from 1.3 million residents in the capital region, Stony Plain keeps just enough dis- tance to retain the quintessential, small- town atmosphere that draws people to live and work there. What’s in a name? Plenty… In 1881, carpenter John Leod McDonald was the first pioneer to stake a claim in a region of Alberta then known as Dog Rump Creek.When McDonald became postmaster, he successfully lobbied to have the settle- ment renamed Stony Plain, which he found more becoming. Agreed! In 1907, the Edmonton, Yukon & Pacific Railway completed a line 19 miles west of TOWN OF STONY PLAIN, ALBERTA INTREPID SMALL TOWN WITH BIG-TIME PLANS STONY PLAIN Town of ALBERTA