I came across this little story about Lacombe Alberta on CBC Gems in a series called Big Things Small Towns. It is true that when you drive across the country you do come across some tiny little burgs whose pride is in some small thing made large. The biggest hockey stick, the largest perogy or Easter Egg or dinosaur. I wonder if there is something in the Canadian psyche that is responding to the vastness of the landscape. Look, we are here. We may be tiny against the backdrop of rock, prairie and sky but we are here. Well, Lacombe has bragging rights to the world’s largest fishing lure. If you grew up on the prairies, you might recognize it as a Len Thompson Five of Diamonds fishing lure, the one you used to pull out a Northern Pike while fishing with your dad on a Saturday afternoon at the reservoir.
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