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Unusual and wonderful structures across Canada
Did you know Canada boasts the world's largest perogy? And how about the world's largest fiddle? Take a look at some strange, obscure and magnificent structures found across the country.
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Where: Glovers Harbour, N.L.
The sculpture pays tribute to a 16.8-metre-long squid or 'devil fish' that was found stranded in 1878 at what was then called Thimble Tickle. It eventually died and was used for dog food. The squid was featured in a Canadian stamp.
(Source: Product of Newfoundland)
Where: Fogo Island, N.L.
The Great Auk bronze statue by Todd McGrain commemorates the bird species that was hunted to extinction in 1844.
(Source: Town of Fogo Island)
Where: Shediac, N.B.
The world's largest lobster was constructed in 1989 to recognize Shediac as the 'The Lobster Capital of the World.'
(Source: Tourism New Brunswick)
Where: Nackawic-Millville, N.B.
The world's largest axe, weighing more than 55 tonnes, pays tribute to the community being named as Forestry capital of Canada in 1991.
(Source: Tourism New Brunswick)
Where: O’Leary, P.E.I.
The world's largest potato sits in front of the Canadian Potato Museum in Prince Edward Island.
(Source: Canadian Potato Museum / Facebook)
Where: Cape-Egmont, P.E.I.
This six-gabled house was built in 1980 using approximately 12,000 bottles. It’s one of three buildings in the village created out of bottles.
(Source: Gates of Ale / Wikimedia Commons)
Where: Sydney, N.S.
The World’s Largest Fiddle is located on the Sydney waterfront and pays tribute to traditions of the Nova Scotia's Celtic community.
(Source: Cape Breton Island)
Where: Stewiacke, N.S.
Marvin the Mastodon is 14-feet-tall replica of a mastodon whose bones were discovered in the area in 1991. Also, In 1937, Stewiacke was recognized as the halfway point between the Equator and the North Pole.
(Source: NovaScotia.com)
Where: Brooklyn, N.S.
Cosby's Garden Centre is home to numerous unusual concrete sculptures by artist Ivan Higgins.
(Source: NovaScotia.com)
Where: St-Georges-de-Windsor, Que.
This observation deck in St-Georges-de-Windsor, Que., is in the shape of a cow.
(Source: Eastern Townships)
Where: Sainte-Flavie, Que.
A collection of more than 80 life-sized figures by artist Marcel Gagnon can be seen emerging from the St. Lawrence River.
(Source: Centre d'Art Marcel Gagnon)
Where: Montreal
Orange Julep is a fast food restaurant and the orange building has been a roadside attraction in Montreal since 1945.
(Source: Gibeau Orange Julep / Instagram)
Where: Moonbeam, Ont.
The 2.7-metre-tall flying saucer was built in 1991. Early settlers of the town apparently saw flashing lights in the sky, and the town was named 'Moonbeam' because of that.
(Source: Northeasterontario.com)
Where: Toronto
Located in Toronto's High Park, the statue was created in 1967 by Canadian artist William Koochin.
(Source: Rotatebot / Wikimedia Commons)
Where: Cambellford, Ont.
Built in 2001, the $2 coin is 8.2 metres high and 5.5 metres in diameter.
(Source: Lorena Rosati / CTV News)
Where: Boissevain-Morton, Man.
The 8.5-metre monument was erected in 1974 and features both a Canadian and U.S. flag due to its proximity to the border.
(Source: Manitoba Historical Society Archives)
Where: Rural Municipality of Grey, Man.
The giant smoking pipe sculpture commemorates two settlers who arrived from Saint-Claude, France in 1892.
(Source: Manitoba Historical Society Archives)
Where: Komarno, Man.
The stone and metal monument unveiled in 1986 by artist Marlene Magnusson Hourd commemorates the name of the community, a Ukrainian word that means 'lots of mosquitos.'
(Source: Manitoba Historical Society Archives)
Where: Moose Jaw, Sask.
Mac the Moose was born in 1984 and was the tallest Moose in the world until it was dethroned by another moose structure in Norway. Mac reclaimed the title in 2019 after getting new antlers.
(Source: Katherine Hill / CTV News Regina)
Where: Canora, Sask.
A 4.5-metre statue, dubbed 'Lesia,' represents the community's deep Ukrainian roots.
(Source: Brady Lang/CTV News Yorkton)
Where: Glendon, Alta.
The world's largest perogy at 7.6 metres in height was unveiled in 1991 and is the village's biggest attraction.
(Source: Travel Alberta)
Where: Mundare, Alta.
The world's largest sausage structure pays tribute to Stawnichy's Meat Processing, a sausage factory famous for its kobasa.
(Source: Travel Alberta)
Where: Vegreville, Alta.
The world’s largest Pysanka (Ukrainian Easter egg) was created in 1973 as part of the RCMP’s centennial celebrations, to symbolize the town’s rich Ukrainian culture and security the RCMP offered the area's pioneers.
(Source: Travel Alberta)
Where: Duncan, B.C.
The 62-metre wooden stick, crafted from laminated Douglas fir, was constructed for the 1986 Vancouver Expo and later affixed over the entrance to the Cowichan Community Centre arena.
(Source: CTV News)
Where: Near Golden, B.C.
The world's largest hand paddle can be found below the Canadian Rockies in the Columbia River Valley. The paddle is roughly 18 metres long, weighs 5,300 pounds and is made from one single Western Red Cedar log.
(Source: World's Largest Paddle)
Where: Victoria, B.C.
The public artwork was created by artist Dale Doebert, and was installed at Beacon Hill Park in 2015. It depicts an 11-metre-long woman made entirely of moss lying on her side.
(Friends of Beacon Hill Park)
Where: Iqaluit, Nunavut
The monument pays tribute to people who contributed their time to the Nunavut Land Agreement, that went into affect in 1993.
(Source: Arctic Kingdom)
Where: Grise Fiord, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut
The monument by Looty Pijamini recognizes the seven Inuit families that were relocated from northern Quebec in the 1950s to the High Arctic, and formed the communities of Resolute Bay and Grise Fiord under harsh and desperate conditions.
(Source: Timkal / Wikimedia Commons)
Where: Yellowknife, N.W.T.
The monument is dedicated to pilots and engineers whose lives were lost as they flew the wild skies of the Northwest Territories back in Yellowknife’s early days.
(Source: CambridgeBayWeather / Wikimedia Commons)
Where: Inuvik, N.W.T.
Our Lady of Victory church was designed by Catholic missionary Maurice Larocque, and built in 1960 by volunteers. It's one of the most photographed places in Inuvik.
(Source: Spectacular Northwest Territories)
Where: Whitehorose, Yukon
The statue, weighing more than two tonnes, was created in 2011 with scrap metal donated from around Yukon.
(Source: Travel Yukon)
Where: Dawson City, Yukon
The five-tonne Woolly Mammoth by artist Halin de Repentigny greets visitors to Dawson City, and draws attention to the history of fossil discoveries in the area.
(Source: Halin de Repentigny)
Where: Borders of Man, Sask., N.W.T. and Nunavut
An obelisk stands at the point where Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut meet, July 24, 2012.
(Source: Mlugassy / Wikimedia)