Giants of the Prairies
List of large roadside attractions in Western Canada
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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 | Province | Image | Date constructed |
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| World's Largest Badminton Racket | St. Albert | Alberta | 2000[1] | |
| World's Largest Beaver | Beaverlodge | Alberta |  |
2004 |
| World's Largest Bee | Falher[2] | Alberta | .png) |
1990[3] |
| World's Largest Honey Bee | Tisdale[4] | Saskatchewan | 1993 | |
| Aaron the Blue Heron[5] | Barrhead | Alberta | 1984 | |
| World's Largest Border Markers | Lloydminster | Alberta and Saskatchewan |  |
1994[6] |
| World's Largest Bucking Saddle Bronc and Rider, "The Legacy" | Ponoka | Alberta | 2004[7] | |
| World's Largest bunnock | Macklin | Saskatchewan |  |
1994[8] |
| World's Largest Curling Rock | Arborg[9] | Manitoba | 2005[10] | |
| World's Largest Coke Can | Portage la Prairie | Manitoba |  |
1994[11] |
| World's Largest Chuckwagon | Dewberry | Alberta | 1995[12] | |
| World's Largest Dinosaur | Drumheller | Alberta |  |
2001 |
| World's Largest Fire Hydrant | Elm Creek[13] | Manitoba | 2001[14] | |
| World's Largest Animated Grizzly Bear | Innisfail[15] | Alberta | 2013[16] | |
| Goose Statue[17] | Hanna | Alberta | ||
| World's Largest Golf Tee | Trochu[18] | Alberta | 2009[19] | |
| World's Largest kielbasa | Mundare | Alberta |  |
2001[20] |
| World's Largest Mallard Duck | Andrew | Alberta |  |
1992[21] |
| World's Largest Mosquito | Komarno | Manitoba | ||
| World's Largest Mushroom | Vilna | Alberta |  |
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| World's Largest Oil Can | Rocanville[22] | Saskatchewan |  |
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| World's Largest Oil Derrick | Redwater | Alberta | ||
| World's Largest Oil Lamp | Donalda | Alberta |  |
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| World's Largest painting on an easel (reproduction of Van Gogh's Sunflowers) | Altona | Manitoba | .jpg) |
1998 |
| World's Largest Piggy Bank | Coleman | Alberta | ||
| World's Largest Putter | Bow Island | Alberta | ||
| World's Large Pinto Bean, "Pinto Macbean" | Bow Island | Alberta | .jpg) |
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| Giant Sunflower | Bow Island | Alberta | ||
| Giant Prairie Crocuses | Daysland | Alberta | ||
| World's Largest Softball, "Susie" | Chauvin | Alberta | ||
| World's Largest Railroad Spike | Hines Creek[23] | Alberta | ||
| World's Largest Sundial | Lloydminster | Alberta and Saskatchewan | ||
| World's Tallest Teepee | Medicine Hat | Alberta |  |
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| World's Largest Wagon Wheel and Pick | Fort Assiniboine | Alberta |  |
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| World's Largest Western Boot | Edmonton | Alberta | ||
| Giant Baseball Bat | Edmonton | Alberta | ||
| Giant Horse | Irricana | Alberta | ||
| David Thompson Monument | Lac La Biche | Alberta | ||
| Giant Pumpkin | Smoky Lake | Alberta |  |
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| World's First UFO Landing Pad | St. Paul | Alberta |  |
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| Giant perogy | Glendon | Alberta |  |
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| Giant Vegreville egg (Pysanka) | Vegreville | Alberta |  |
1975 |
| Giant potatoes | Vauxhall | Alberta |  |
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| Giant replica of the Star Trek starship USS Enterprise | Vulcan | Alberta |
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| Giant gopher | Torrington | Alberta | ||
| The Happy Rock | Gladstone | Manitoba | .jpg) |
1993 |
| Canada's Largest Baseball Bat | Battleford[24] | Saskatchewan | ||
| Canada's Largest Baseball Glove | Heisler[25] | Alberta | ||
| Canada's Largest Buffalo | Wainwright | Alberta | ||
| Canada's Largest Dragonfly | Wabamun[26] | Alberta |  |
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| World's Largest Moose, "Mac the Moose" | Moose Jaw | Saskatchewan |  |
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| Battle between Bear and Swan | Swan Hills | Alberta | ||
| Giant Skunk, "Squirt" | Beiseker | Alberta | ||
| Alberta's Largest Northern Pike | Rochon Sands | Alberta | ||
| Giant Cornstalks | Taber | Alberta | ||
| Giant Pinecone | St. Albert | Alberta | ||
| Giant Walleye | Shaw's Point | Alberta | ||
| Giant Crow | Bellevue | Alberta | ||
| Giant Black Diamond | Turner Valley | Alberta | ||
| World’s Largest Fishing Lure | Lacombe | Alberta | ||
| Canada's Largest Turtle, "Ernie" | Turtleford | Saskatchewan | ||
| Canada's Largest coffee pot and cup | Davidson | Saskatchewan | 1983[27] | |
| Eddie the Squirrel | Edson | 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.[28]