Canadians love roadside attractions, the bigger - the better!

Roadside attractions make travellers want to stop and take pictures. They are free and range from:

• humorous renditions of local animals or wildlife • depictions of local industry (mining, logging) • gargantuan household items (guitars, chairs, binoculars) • food (corn, tomatoes, wheat) • modes of transportation (replicas of airplanes, old train cars, even a flying saucer) • Inukshuks (directional guideposts in the vast northern regions) • life-sized dinosaurs  and other pre-historic animals • folklore (abominable snowman, big foot, ogopogo, Paul Bunyan and Babe) • mascots (Smokey the Bear, Sparky the Dalmation) • restaurant advertising (A&W Family, A&W Root Bear, Big Boy, Ronald McDonald)

This giant beaver was erected in Beaverlodge to celebrate the town’s 75th anniversary. He sits high on a log at the side of the highway to Alaska in

northwest Alberta.

The largest Canada Goose monument is in Wawa, Ontario. Wawa in the Ojibway language means "Wild Goose." 

It is at the junction of the Trans-Canada Highway and Highway 101.

GreenMan, Wasaga Beach, Tree Spirit chainsaw carving by Big Wood & the Carving Co. Tree Service and Carvings

Kithekawani in Penetanguishe

At the Big Apple you can eat delicious apple pie, baked right on the premises and you can climb 35’ to the observation deck for a

spectacular view of Colborne and Lake Ontario.

The Tyrannosaurus Rex at Drumheller, Alberta is the "World's Largest Dinosaur" with a height of 25 meters (82 ft) and a length of 46

meters (151 ft).

View through the Giant BinocularsDorset, Ontario

World's Largest Adirondack

ChairVarney, Ontario

A life-size statue of Barnum & Bailey’s Jumbo was erected in 1985 in St.

Thomas, Ontario, to commemorate the centennial of his sad demise. A local brewery produces the popular "Dead

Elephant Ale"

It’s fitting that the town of Gimli, Manitoba, a town with the largest Icelandic population outside of Iceland, boasts a 15-foot tall Viking statue. He stands

by Lake Winnipeg as a monument to the first European explorers in Canada.

Oxford, Nova Scotia calls itself the ‘blueberry capital of Canada.’

Cochrane is a town in northern Ontario.Its mascot is a large polar bear statue known as Chimo.

Chuck Channel Cat is in Selkirk, Manitoba to remind

tourists that Selkirk is “Catfish Capital of the

World.”

Anglers come to fish the Red River for trophy-sized

catfish.

Ms. Claybelt the Cow in Temiskaming Shores, Ontario (New Liskeard, Haileybury, and the township of Dymond amalgamated 2004) recognizes the value of farming

in the area.

Standing a total of 173 feet (53 m) tall, the world's tallest

totem pole is composed of two

pieces of 168 and 5 feet (51 and 1.5 m). This one is in Alert

Bay, British Columbia

E. Pauline Johnson (Mohawk: Tekahionwake 1861 – 1913) was a poet who celebrated her First Nations heritage. Her main works were titled “Flint and Feather” and her most notable works were ‘the Song My Paddle Sings’ and ’Canadian Born” and “the Cattle Thief.” In 1922, the city of Vancouver erected a monument in Johnson's honour at her beloved Stanley Park.

The world's largest pysanka is located in Vegreville, Alberta.. A pysanka is a Ukrainian Easter egg, decorated using a wax-resist (batik) method. The word comes from the verb pysaty, "to write" as the designs are not painted on, but written with

beeswax.

The world's largest Kielbassa (Ukrainian sausage) was built in recognition of Stawnichy's Meat Processing, a sausage factory which has been in Mundare, Alberta for over 50 years.

The world's largest teepee is located in Medicine Hat, Alberta.

Ernie the Turtle at Turtleford, Saskatchewan

Loonie Monument in Echo Bay, ON and Toonie Monument in Campbellford, ON.

The Big Nickel is a nine-meter (30 ft) replica of a 1951 Canadian nickel, located at the grounds of Dynamic Earth, Sudbury, Ontario. It is listed in

the Guinness Book of Records, as the world's largest coin.

Mac the Moose stands on the edge of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan

Canada Goose on the waterfront Midland, Ontario

Mr. PG welcomes visitors to Prince George, British Columbia. He is a reminder of what the city

owes to the forest industry. Mr. PG is 8.138 meters (26 ft.) high, his head is 1.5 metres (5 ft.) in diameter.

Kelowna’s Ogopogo is to Lake Okanagan what "Nessie" of Loch Ness is to

Scotland. The idea of Sea Monsters in British Columbia grips the imagination !!!

The new condominium at Yonge and Lakeshore (18 Yonge Street) has a bronze statue by Tom Otterness. It features an immigrant family in Toronto ready to start a new life in Canada.

According to Cut Knife, Saskatchewan, the Giant Tomahawk was built as a symbol "of peace and unity between the white people and the neighbouring

Indian reserves."It was erected as part of the Saskatchewan wide celebration, Home Coming

'71, to mark the centennial of a series of treaties signed with local Indian bands in

1871.

Known as Canada’s quirkiest town, Vulcan, Alberta draws tons of annual visitors (trekkies and non) who are interested in posing with the giant

replica of the U.S.S. Enterprise built in 1995 or experiencing the

intense-“trekkinness” of this town.

Along the waterfront of Sydney, Nova Scotia, you’ll find the World’s Largest Ceilidh Fiddle, built to celebrate Nova Scotia’s Celtic heritage and the many folk musicians & fiddlers coming out of the area.

Prince Edward Island produces 1/3 of Canada’s potatoes – 1.3 billion kilos per year. The town of O’Leary put up a 14-foot giant statue of a potato in front of the Potato

Museum.

New Brunswick boasts lobsters, and in Shediac, you’ll find the World’s Largest - 35’ long, 16’ tall.

The world's largest axe is situated in Nackawic, New Brunswick

 World's largest pyrogy statue, 25’ high, was

erected in the village of Glendon, Alberta as a tribute to the area’s Ukrainian heritage.

Inukshuk means "In the image of man." These traditional landmarks were built by the Inuit people throughout the far north, especially in the Arctic,

where there were few trees or other distinguishing landmarks. They were a guide for a safe journey. Today they are also considered symbols of

leadership, encouraging the importance of friendship, and reminding us of our dependence upon one another.

"Willie Emerging" in the Bluewater Park on William Street in Wiarton to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Wiarton Willie prognostications (predicts when spring will arrive each

February 2nd)Willie is the Canadian version of Punxsutawney Phil from Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania