Giants of the Prairies

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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 Manitoba, titled "Polkas on the Prairies: Ukrainian Music and the Construction of Identity".

[edit] 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
Giant pysanka	Vegreville, Alberta
Giant potatoes	Vauxhall, Alberta
Large replica of the Star Trek starship, U.S.S. Enterprise	Vulcan, Alberta
Giant gopher	Torrington, Alberta