Giants of the Prairies
Appearance
The Giants of the Prairies are a group of "world's biggest" roadside attractions found in Western Canada, especially in small towns populated mostly by Ukrainian Canadians.
List
Attraction | Community | Image |
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World's Largest Badminton Racket | St. Albert, Alberta | |
World's Largest Beaver | Beaverlodge, Alberta | |
World's Largest Bee | Falher, Alberta[1] | |
World's Largest Honey Bee | Tisdale, Saskatchewan[2] | |
World's Largest Blue Heron | Barrhead, Alberta | |
World's Largest Border Markers | Lloydminster | |
World's Largest Bucking Saddle Bronc and Rider, "The Legacy" | Ponoka, Alberta | |
World's Largest bunnock | Macklin, Saskatchewan | |
World's Largest Curling Rock | Arborg, Manitoba[3] | |
World's Largest Coke Can | Portage la Prairie, Manitoba | |
World's Largest Chuckwagon | Dewberry, Alberta | |
World's Largest Dinosaur | Drumheller, Alberta | |
World's Largest Fire Hydrant | Elm Creek, Manitoba[4] | |
World's Largest Animated Grizzly Bear | Innisfail, Alberta[5] | |
World's Largest Geese | Hanna, Alberta | |
World's Largest Golf Tee | Trochu, Alberta[6] | |
World's Largest kubasa | Mundare, Alberta | |
World's Largest Mallard Duck | Andrew, Alberta | |
World's Largest Mosquito | Komarno, Manitoba | |
World's Largest Mushroom | Vilna, Alberta | |
World's Largest Oil Can | Rocanville, Saskatchewan[7] | |
World's Largest Oil Derrick | Redwater, Alberta | |
World's Largest Oil Lamp | Donalda, Alberta | |
World's Largest painting on an easel (reproduction of Van Gogh's Sunflowers) | Altona, Manitoba | |
World's Largest Piggy Bank | Coleman, Alberta | |
World's Largest Putter | Bow Island, Alberta | |
World's Largest Softball, "Susie" | Chauvin, Alberta | |
World's Largest Railroad Spike | Hines Creek, Alberta[8] | |
World's Largest Sundial | Lloydminster | |
World's Tallest Teepee | Medicine Hat, Alberta | |
World's Largest Wagon Wheel and Pick | Fort Assiniboine, Alberta | |
World's Largest Western Boot | Edmonton, Alberta | |
Giant Horse | Irricana, Alberta | |
David Thompson Monument | Lac La Biche, Alberta | |
Giant Pumpkin | Smoky Lake, Alberta | |
World's First UFO Landing Pad | St. Paul, Alberta | |
Giant perogy | Glendon, Alberta | |
Giant Vegreville egg (Pysanka) | Vegreville, Alberta | |
Giant potatoes | Vauxhall, Alberta | |
Giant replica of the Star Trek starship USS Enterprise | Vulcan, Alberta | |
Giant gopher | Torrington, Alberta | |
The Happy Rock | Gladstone, Manitoba | |
Canada's Largest Baseball Bat | Battleford, Saskatchewan[9] | |
Canada's Largest Baseball Glove | Heisler, Alberta[10] | |
Canada's Largest Buffalo | Wainwright, Alberta | |
Canada's Largest Dragonfly | Wabamun, Alberta[11] | |
World's Largest Moose, "Mac the Moose" | Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan | |
Battle between Bear and Swan | Swan Hills, Alberta | |
Giant Skunk, "Squirt" | Beiseker, Alberta | |
Canada's Largest Baseball Glove | Heisler, Alberta | |
Alberta's Largest Northern Pike | Rochon Sands, Alberta | |
World’s Largest Fishing Lure | Lacombe, Alberta |
In popular culture
These attractions are referenced in the Kubasonics song "Giants of the Prairies".
References
- ^ "World's Largest Bee". roadsideattractions.ca. Retrieved 2018-05-08.
- ^ "World's Largest Honey Bee". roadsideattractions.ca. Retrieved 2018-05-08.
- ^ "World's Largest Curling Rock". roadsideattractions.ca. Retrieved 2018-05-08.
- ^ "World's Largest Fire Hydrant". roadsideattractions.ca. Retrieved 2018-05-08.
- ^ "World's Largest Animated Grizzly Bear". roadsideattractions.ca. Retrieved 2018-05-08.
- ^ "World's Largest Golf Tee". roadsideattractions.ca. Retrieved 2018-05-08.
- ^ "World's Largest Oil Can". roadsideattractions.ca. Retrieved 2018-05-08.
- ^ "World's Largest Railroad Spike". roadsideattractions.ca. Retrieved 2018-05-08.
- ^ "Canada's biggest baseball bat arrives home in Battleford | CBC News".
- ^ "Alberta's Premier Village: Village of Heisler".
- ^ "World's Largest Dragonfly". roadsideattractions.ca. Retrieved 2018-05-08.
- Travel Alberta. "Unusual Attractions". Archived from the original on 2007-08-05. Retrieved 2007-02-22.
- Big Things
- Alberta Big Tour
- World's Largest and Large Things, Google map
- Canada's Largest Baseball Glove