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Giants of the Prairies

Giants of the Prairies

List of large roadside attractions in Western Canada

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.

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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]

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    "World's Largest Bee". roadsideattractions.ca. Retrieved 2018-05-08.
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    "World's Largest Honey Bee". roadsideattractions.ca. Retrieved 2018-05-08.
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    "World's Largest Curling Rock". roadsideattractions.ca. Retrieved 2018-05-08.
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    "World's Largest Fire Hydrant". roadsideattractions.ca. Retrieved 2018-05-08.
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    "World's Largest Animated Grizzly Bear". roadsideattractions.ca. Retrieved 2018-05-08.
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    "World's Largest Golf Tee". roadsideattractions.ca. Retrieved 2018-05-08.
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    "World's Largest Oil Can". roadsideattractions.ca. Retrieved 2018-05-08.
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    "World's Largest Railroad Spike". roadsideattractions.ca. Retrieved 2018-05-08.
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    "Canada's biggest baseball bat arrives home in Battleford | CBC News".
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    "Alberta's Premier Village: Village of Heisler".
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    "World's Largest Dragonfly". roadsideattractions.ca. Retrieved 2018-05-08.
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    Paquet, Laura Byrne (1 January 2007). Wanderlust: A Social History of Travel. Goose Lane Editions. p. 264. ISBN 978-0-86492-606-7. Retrieved 12 September 2023. But perhaps the most outrageous roadside statue ever proposed was never actually built. In probably my favourite episode of the sitcom Corner Gas, a small group of civic-minded souls in fictitious Dog river, Saskatchewan, are sitting in the local diner brainstorming ideas for a new roadside attraction that will inspire drivers to stop in the little town. What's unique about Dog river? they ask each other. Well, it's a rural community, so they decide their "world's biggest thing" should be a farm implement. they discuss various options and finally settle on a hoe. But it shouldn't be a shiny, new-looking hoe, someone says. Dog river is a hardworking town, after all. It should have clumps of earth on it and look as though it's been well used. What the town needs, the mayor's grandmother concludes, is "a big dirty cracked hoe."
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