Giant Sturgeon - Dominion City MB
Posted by: 
PeterNoG
N 49° 08.541 W 097° 09.359
14U E 634487 N 5444917
This Roadside Attraction is an original-size reproduction of a record sturgeon that was caught in 1903. It's on Centennial Drive at Waddell Avenue in the middle of Dominion City, Manitoba.
Waymark Code: WMCZC0
Location: Manitoba, Canada
Date Posted: 10/29/2011
Views: 9
Roadside America calls it the 'World's Largest Sturgeon' but the on-site plaque just claims that it is 'Manitoba's Biggest Sturgeon'. Either way, at 4.7 metres (15.5 feet), it is a very large specimen.
~ text from marker ~
"The Fish"
This is an original size re-production of Manitoba's biggest sturgeon. Weight 406 lbs.,Length 15 1/2 ft.,age 150 years, a female, full of caviar. The record sturgeon was taken out of Roseau River east of Dominion City, by Sandy Waddell, October 27, 1903. Hauled home in a seven-foot Democrat by a team of horses, five feet of this monster still trailed the ground.
[There is a picture of the fish and 11 witnesses etched in the black marble plaque]
Personnel L. to R. - Bill Morkill, Earl Quantz, Dave Waddell, Jim Waddell, Sandy Waddell, Henry Lawson. Front Row - Ray Ginn, Heck Millar, Harry Simpson, Bill Barber, Bill Cameron.
Price of Admission: 0.00 (listed in local currency)
Weekday Hours: From: 12:00 AM To: 11:59 PM
Weekend Hours: From: 12:00 AM To: 11:59 PM
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