Stony Rapids

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Stony Rapids

Total population

243

Founded

1937

Elevation229 m

Land area3.96 km²

Coordinates59.26°, -105.83°

Demographic figures from Statistics Canada. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Stony Rapids is a northern hamlet in Northern Saskatchewan, Canada. It is located 82 kilometres (51 mi) south of the border with the Northwest Territories, along the Fond du Lac River. This river connects the community to Fond-du-Lac, Uranium City and Camsell Portage.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Nearby places in Saskatchewan

• Big River
  395.8 mi away · pop. 1,140
• Sturgeon Lake
  405.8 mi away
• Petrykozy
  4226.8 mi away
• Kamienna Wola
  4227.3 mi away · pop. 330
• Giełzów
  4227.5 mi away · pop. 400
• Bernów
  4227.9 mi away · pop. 160
• Skrzyszów
  4228.3 mi away · pop. 200
• Rudzisko
  4228.7 mi away · pop. 55
• Maleniec
  4230.6 mi away · pop. 150
• Gracuch
  4231.6 mi away · pop. 190
• Wyszyna Machorowska
  4232.2 mi away · pop. 110
• Komaszyce
  4232.4 mi away · pop. 180

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Stony Rapids

Stony Rapids, Northern Saskatchewan

Stony Rapids and Porcupine River Areas, Saskatchewan

Geological Survey of Canada. · 1940

Stony Rapids sheet, east half, Northern Saskatchewan

Gravity Investigation of the Stony Rapids Area, Northern Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan. Dept. of Mineral Resources.

A gravity investigation of the Stony Rapids Area, Northern Saskatchewan

R. G. Agarwal · 1968

Stony Rapids community planning study

1985

The Chipewyan of the Stony Rapids region

Robert M. Bone · 1973

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Virginia strawberry

Fragaria virginiana

Seen 2026-06-15

Ostrich-plume Moss

Ptilium crista-castrensis

Seen 2025-10-20

Perplexing Bumble Bee

Bombus perplexus

Seen 2025-10-03

Purplish Copper

Tharsalea helloides

Seen 2025-09-10

Oblique-lined Tiger Beetle

Cicindela tranquebarica

Seen 2025-08-19

Arctic Fritillary

Boloria chariclea

Seen 2025-08-06

White-dotted Prominent

Nadata gibbosa

Seen 2025-08-01

Parasitic Jaeger

Stercorarius parasiticus

Seen 2025-07-23

Short-billed Gull

Larus brachyrhynchus

Seen 2025-07-22

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Official Identifiers