Giants of the Prairies

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

AttractionCommunityProvinceImageDate constructed World's Largest Badminton Racket St. AlbertAlberta2000World's Largest BeaverBeaverlodgeAlberta2004World's Largest BeeFalherAlberta1990World's Largest Honey Bee TisdaleSaskatchewan1993Aaron the Blue HeronBarrheadAlberta1984World's Largest Border MarkersLloydminsterAlberta and Saskatchewan1994World's Largest Bucking Saddle Bronc and Rider, "The Legacy"PonokaAlberta2004World's Largest bunnockMacklinSaskatchewan1994World's Largest Curling RockArborgManitoba2005World's Largest Coke CanPortage la PrairieManitoba1994 World's Largest Chuckwagon Dewberry Alberta1995 World's Largest Dinosaur Drumheller Alberta 2001World's Largest Fire HydrantElm CreekManitoba2001World's Largest Animated Grizzly BearInnisfailAlberta2013 Goose Statue Hanna AlbertaWorld's Largest Golf TeeTrochuAlberta2009 World's Largest kielbasa Mundare Alberta2001 World's Largest Mallard Duck Andrew Alberta1992World's Largest MosquitoKomarnoManitobaWorld's Largest MushroomVilnaAlbertaWorld's Largest Oil CanRocanvilleSaskatchewan World's Largest Oil Derrick Redwater AlbertaWorld's Largest Oil LampDonaldaAlbertaWorld's Largest painting on an easel (reproduction of Van Gogh's Sunflowers)AltonaManitoba1998 World's Largest Piggy Bank Coleman Alberta World's Largest Putter Bow Island AlbertaWorld's Large Pinto Bean, "Pinto Macbean"Bow IslandAlbertaGiant SunflowerBow IslandAlbertaGiant Prairie CrocusesDayslandAlbertaWorld's Largest Softball, "Susie"ChauvinAlbertaWorld's Largest Railroad SpikeHines CreekAlberta World's Largest Sundial Lloydminster Alberta and Saskatchewan World's Tallest Teepee Medicine Hat Alberta World's Largest Wagon Wheel and Pick Fort Assiniboine Alberta World's Largest Western Boot Edmonton AlbertaGiant Baseball BatEdmontonAlberta 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 1975 Giant potatoes Vauxhall Alberta Giant replica of the Star Trek starship USS Enterprise Vulcan Alberta Giant gopher Torrington Alberta The Happy Rock GladstoneManitoba 1993 Canada's Largest Baseball Bat Battleford Saskatchewan Canada's Largest Baseball Glove Heisler Alberta Canada's Largest Buffalo Wainwright Alberta Canada's Largest Dragonfly Wabamun Alberta World's Largest Moose, "Mac the Moose" Moose Jaw Saskatchewan Battle between Bear and Swan Swan Hills Alberta Giant Skunk, "Squirt" Beiseker AlbertaAlberta's Largest Northern PikeRochon SandsAlbertaGiant CornstalksTaberAlbertaGiant PineconeSt. AlbertAlbertaGiant WalleyeShaw's PointAlbertaGiant CrowBellevueAlbertaGiant Black DiamondTurner ValleyAlbertaWorld’s Largest Fishing LureLacombeAlbertaCanada's Largest Turtle, "Ernie"TurtlefordSaskatchewanCanada's Largest coffee pot and cupDavidsonSaskatchewan1983Eddie the SquirrelEdsonAlberta

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.

See also List of largest roadside attractions Novelty architecture

References

Big Things Alberta Big Tour World's Largest and Large Things, Google map Canada's Largest Baseball Glove