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Red River Floodway
Also known as Duff’s Ditch, the floodway was built after a devastating flood in 1950, when 10,000 homes were destroyed, costing $125 million in damages. Manitoba’s premier, Duff Roblin, got the ball rolling to build the 47-kilometre-long channel that could be used to divert the Red River when it threatened to overflow. At the time, the only earth-moving project bigger than building Duff’s Ditch was the Panama Canal.
Giant Nickel
The city of Sudbury, Ontario sits on one of the world’s largest deposits of copper-nickel. What better way to celebrate its geological heritage than by erecting a giant nickel, the largest coin in the world. It was built in 1964, and it’s nine metres high.
Sudbury Neutrino Observatory
This place of physics is so cool, a science fiction novel by Canadian Robert Sawyer took place here. Physicists study the properties of neutrinos, tiny particles that bombard Earth. The observatory is built 2073 metres below the ground in a mine near Sudbury, Ontario.
Flying Saucer
Just another roadside attraction in Ontario, or an old vehicle abandoned by previous alien tourists? We’ll never know.
Golin Arches
Built to commerate Sir John A. Golin, the British explorer who discovered Resolution Island in 1775. We do wonder, though, did they mean them to look like upside-down hockey sticks?
CN Tower
It was the world’s tallest freestanding structure until 2009. At 554.3 metres, the CN Tower is still a feat and every year over two million people visit it.
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