“Giants of the Prairies”的意思、由来-开放百科全书

"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

1. ^{{Cite web|url=http://roadsideattractions.ca/roadside/bee|title=World's Largest Bee|website=roadsideattractions.ca|access-date=2018-05-08}}
2. ^{{Cite web|url=http://roadsideattractions.ca/roadside/honeybee|title=World's Largest Honey Bee|website=roadsideattractions.ca|access-date=2018-05-08}}
3. ^{{Cite web|url=http://roadsideattractions.ca/roadside/arborg|title=World's Largest Curling Rock|website=roadsideattractions.ca|access-date=2018-05-08}}
4. ^{{Cite web|url=http://roadsideattractions.ca/roadside/wabamun|title=World's Largest Dragonfly|website=roadsideattractions.ca|access-date=2018-05-08}}
5. ^{{Cite web|url=http://roadsideattractions.ca/roadside/hydrant|title=World's Largest Fire Hydrant|website=roadsideattractions.ca|access-date=2018-05-08}}
6. ^{{Cite web|url=http://roadsideattractions.ca/roadside/innisfailgb|title=World's Largest Animated Grizzly Bear|website=roadsideattractions.ca|access-date=2018-05-08}}
7. ^{{Cite web|url=http://roadsideattractions.ca/roadside/trochu|title=World's Largest Golf Tee|website=roadsideattractions.ca|access-date=2018-05-08}}
8. ^{{Cite web|url=http://roadsideattractions.ca/roadside/oilcan|title=World's Largest Oil Can|website=roadsideattractions.ca|access-date=2018-05-08}}
9. ^{{Cite web|url=http://roadsideattractions.ca/roadside/spike|title=World's Largest Railroad Spike|website=roadsideattractions.ca|access-date=2018-05-08}}
10. ^http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/canada-s-biggest-baseball-bat-arrives-home-in-battleford-1.2738765