Killarney, Ontario, Canada: The Big Dipper: World's Largest Paddle
Made of Eastern White Cedar. In scale it resembles a massive wind turbine blade. 111 feet long.
- Address:
- 3 Commissioner St., Killarney, ON, Canada
- Directions:
- Hwy 637/Charles St. into town. At the green highway sign for Rue St Paul St. tunr left (no stoplight) and follow it until it turns to gravel. You'll see a black-and-white house on the right; continue to the left of it, bearing left, and you'll soon see the Big Dipper.
- Hours:
- Gated at dusk.
- RA Rates:
- Worth a Detour
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To celebrate the 200th anniversary of Killarney's founding in 2020, a local artist built the Big Dipper, which is said to be the largest paddle in the world. It's 107 feet long with the blade of the paddle 17 feet wide. It weighs 22,000 pounds. A secondary attraction to the main attraction is that there's a time capsule inside the paddle.
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