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 Badminton Racket	St. Albert, Alberta
World's Largest Beaver	Beaverlodge, Alberta
World's Largest Bee	Falher, Alberta	[1]
World's Largest Honey Bee	Tisdale, Saskatchewan	[2]
World's Largest Blue Heron	Barrhead, Alberta
World's Largest Border Markers	Lloydminster
World's Largest Bucking Saddle Bronc and Rider, "The Legacy"	Ponoka, Alberta
World's Largest bunnock	Macklin, Saskatchewan
World's Largest Curling Rock	Arborg, Manitoba	[3]
World's Largest Coke Can	Portage la Prairie, Manitoba
World's Largest Chuckwagon	Dewberry, Alberta
World's Largest Dinosaur	Drumheller, Alberta
World's Largest Dragonfly	Wabamun, Alberta[4]
World's Largest Fire Hydrant	Elm Creek, Alberta[5]
World's Largest Animated Grizzly Bear	Innisfail, Alberta[6]
World's Largest Geese	Hanna, Alberta
World's Largest Golf Tee	Trochu, Alberta[7]
World's Largest kubasa	Mundare, Alberta
World's Largest Mallard Duck	Andrew, Alberta
World's Largest Mosquito	Komarno, Manitoba
World's Largest Mushroom	Vilna, Alberta
World's Largest Oil Can	Rocanville, Saskatchewan[8]
World's Largest Oil Derrick	Redwater, Alberta
World's Largest Oil Lamp	Donalda, Alberta
World's Largest painting on an easel (reproduction of Van Gogh's Sunflowers)	Altona, Manitoba
World's Largest Piggy Bank	Coleman, Alberta
World's Largest Putter	Bow Island, Alberta
World's Largest Softball	Chauvin, Alberta
World's Largest Railroad Spike	Hines Creek, Alberta[9]
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
Giant Vegreville egg	Vegreville, Alberta
Giant potatoes	Vauxhall, Alberta
Giant replica of the Star Trek starship USS Enterprise	Vulcan, Alberta
Giant gopher	Torrington, Alberta
The Happy Rock	Gladstone, Manitoba
Canada's Largest Baseball Bat	Battleford, Saskatchewan[10]
Canada's Largest Buffalo	Wainwright, Alberta
Canada's Largest Dragonfly	Wabamun, Alberta
Canada's Second Largest Moose	Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
Battle between Bear and Swan	Swan Hills, Alberta

References

• Travel Alberta. "Unusual Attractions". Retrieved 2007-02-22.
• Big Things
• Alberta Big Tour
• World's Largest and Large Things, Google map