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The Giants of the Prairies are a group of "world's biggest" roadside attractions found in
Western Canada Western Canada, also referred to as the Western provinces, Canadian West or the Western provinces of Canada, and commonly known within Canada as the West, is a Canadian region that includes the four western provinces just north of the Canada� ...
, especially in small towns populated mostly by
Ukrainian Canadians Ukrainian Canadians ( uk, Українські канадці, Україноканадці, translit=Ukrayins'ki kanadtsi, Ukrayinokanadtsi; french: Canadiens d'origine ukrainienne) are Canadian citizens of Ukrainian descent or Ukrainian-born pe ...
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In popular culture

These attractions are referenced in the
Kubasonics The Kubasonics are a Ukrainian-Canadian speed-folk band based in St. John's, Newfoundland. Originally from Edmonton, Alberta, The Kubasonics are honoured in the Ukrainian Canadian community for recreating traditional Ukrainian melodies, with a tw ...
song "Giants of the Prairies".


References

* {{Cite web , url= http://www1.travelalberta.com/en-north/index.cfm?pageid=423 , title= Unusual Attractions , author= Travel Alberta , access-date= 2007-02-22 , archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070805083523/http://www1.travelalberta.com/en-north/index.cfm?pageid=423 , archive-date= 2007-08-05 , url-status= dead
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