The name of Stony Plain has its roots in geography and history. It was called a plain because of its flat aspect, with little in the way of trees, and it took the Stoney name from the Stoney Indians that lived in it at the time. Eventually, the 'e' was dropped, thus ending up as Stony Plain.
An image of the page of the book "Along The Fifth" with the above story can be found here.
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3 comments:
It's a good story on how Stony Plain came to be called "Stony Plain", but I think the title of the post doesn't really match the story's contents, so you might want to fix that. It's an awesome story for local students to learn how their community happen to be named so, and probably on the CIN ratings, fits best with grade 4 social studies because while learning about Alberta, they can have the opportunity to learn about their local history and how they are distinguished from Spruce Grove geographically and culturally.
This post would only be good for younger grades, even though it talks about the terrain and the composition of the land they know Stony Plain as.
You're right, Jennifer, Stony Plain doesn't become a town yet. I'll fix that.
Thank you for the CIN ratings!
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