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 |
---|---|---|
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 | |
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".
The phenomenon was parodied in the sixth episode of the first season of Corner Gas, "World's Biggest Thing". Wherein one of the characters proposes the construction of the "world's biggest hoe" to draw in tourism to the town of Dog River, leaving some citizens unaware of the double entendre the name elicits.[12]
References
- 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
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