
Images by Travel Manitoba (Arborg Curling Rock), Wikimedia Commons (Sara), James Tetrenko (Fire Hydrant), &Town of Melita (Sunny & Breezy). CC BY-SA
Read Original Version (CLB5+) You are reading the Simple Version (CLB3-4) Do you enjoy going to places you’ve never been before? Here are some more places you might want to go: This is a very big statue. It measures 4 by 2 metres. The statue shows that people in Manitoba really like curling. In fact, Manitoba has more places to play curling than Ontario and Quebec together. You can see this statue next to the road at the Arborg-Bifrost Community Centre. Sunny the Banana is a statue that is 33-foot tall. There is a happy bird named Breezy on its hand. You can find them in the Town of Melita. Some people also call this place the “Banana Belt” of Manitoba. This is a statue that is 17-feet tall. The only desert in Manitoba, called the Spirit Sands, is close by. The desert is in a place called Spruce Woods Provincial Park. You can see Sara at a place called Glenboro. Arden is known as the Crocus Capital of Manitoba. The Prairie Crocus is the official flower of Manitoba. The best time to see these lovely flowers, both the metal and the real ones, is in April. Arden is in a place called the Municipality of Glenella-Lansdowne. Elm Creek has a strange 29.5-foot (8.99 meters) statue of a fire hydrant. People who fight fires made this statue. Elm Creek is in a place called the Rural Municipality of Grey. It is 50 km to the west of Winnipeg and about 35 km to the southeast of Portage la Prairie. Lundar, Manitoba has the biggest Canada Goose in Manitoba. It measures 18 by 20 feet! This statue can even turn. It’s on a stand that lets the bird face the way the wind is blowing. Lundar is in a place called the Rural Municipality of Coldwell. It is a place where Canada Geese can live safely. But we’re not finished! There are many more of these places around the province. There’s the biggest sturgeon in Dominion City. There’s also Bruce, the world’s biggest Mosasaur statue in Morden. There is a 4.5 metre-long ancient Achelon Turtle in Morden. There is even a 42-foot tall windmill in the town of Holland (in the Rural Municipality of Victoria, MB). There are many more! These statues are not just fun, they can also help us learn about these places in Manitoba. The next time you plan for a trip by car, don’t forget these places! Want to know more roadside attractions in Manitoba? You may have missed, Manitoba’s amazing roadside attractions 1. Please login to tell us what you think.Skip to:
World’s largest curling rock
Sunny the Banana and Breezy the Blue Jay
Sara the Camel
Crocuses Monument
Second Tallest Fire Hydrant in the World
Canada Goose
Sources: Roadside attractions for a road trip in Manitoba, To Do Canada; Manitoba Historical Society; Giant statues of Manitoba, We’ve Gone on a Holiday by Mistake.com. Accessed August 31, 2023.Community Resources
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