Giants of the Prairies
"Giants of the Prairies" is a song by the Canadian polka band the Kubasonics.
It tells the story of the numerous "world's biggest" roadside attractions to be found in Western Canada, especially in small towns populated mostly by Ukrainian Canadians.
Brian Cherwick, the leader of the Kubasonics, has a Ph.D. from the Centre for Ukrainian Canadian Studies at the University of Alberta, titled "Polkas on the Prairies: Ukrainian Music and the Construction of Identity".
List of giant roadside attractions in the Prairies
| Attraction | Community | Image |
|---|---|---|
| World's Largest Blue Heron | Barrhead, Alberta | |
| World's Largest Softball | Chauvin, Alberta | |
| World's Largest Oil Lamp | Donalda, Alberta |  |
| World's Largest Dinosaur | Drumheller, Alberta |  |
| World's Largest Geese | Hanna, Alberta | |
| World's Largest Border Markers | Lloydminster | |
| Battle between Bear and Swan | Swan Hills, Alberta | |
| World's largest Badminton Racket | St. Albert, Alberta | |
| World's largest Beaver | Beaverlodge, Alberta |  |
| World's largest Bucking Saddle Bronc and Rider, "The Legacy" | Ponoka, Alberta | |
| World's largest bunnock | Macklin, Saskatchewan | |
| World's largest Chuckwagon | Dewberry, Alberta | |
| World's largest kubasa | Mundare, Alberta |  |
| World's largest Mallard Duck | Andrew, Alberta |  |
| World's largest Mushroom | Vilna, Alberta |  |
| World's largest Oil Derrick | Redwater, Alberta | |
| World's largest Piggy Bank | Coleman, Alberta | |
| World's largest Putter | Bow Island, Alberta | |
| 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 |  |
| Vegreville egg | Vegreville, Alberta |  |
| Giant potatoes | Vauxhall, Alberta |  |
| Large replica of the Star Trek starship USS Enterprise | Vulcan, Alberta |
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| Giant gopher | Torrington, Alberta | |
| World's largest Mosquito | Komarno, Manitoba | |
| The Happy Rock | Gladstone, Manitoba | |
| World's largest painting on an easel (reproduction of Van Gogh's Sunflowers) | Altona, Manitoba | |
| Canada's Largest Baseball Bat | Battleford, Saskatchewan[1] | |
| Canada's Largest Buffalo | Wainwright, Alberta | |
| Canada's Largest Dragonfly | Wabamun, Alberta |  |
| World's Largest Coke Can | Portage la Prairie, Manitoba |
References
- Travel Alberta. "Unusual Attractions". Retrieved 2007-02-22.
- Big Things
- Alberta Big Tour
- World's Largest and Large Things, Google map
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