Spedden is a hamlet in central Alberta, Canada within Smoky Lake County.

Spedden was named after one of the original surveyors who died in the area in 1919.

Previously it bore the name Cache Lake.

[3] Spedden received a Canadian National rail-line in 1919, and by the end of the year St. Paul residents pushed the line another 50 kilometres through Ashmont to their locality.

[1] This Central Alberta location article is a stub.