Giant Pyrogy (Glendon)

Glendon, Alberta, Canada

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Listed, not yet checked · Oct 2026

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A pyrogy (Ukrainian dumpling) on a fork stands in the centre of Glendon, Alberta, at Perogy Park. Tourisme Alberta says it is fibreglass and steel, was built by PML Exhibits of Calgary and was transported to Glendon on 26 August 1991. Travel Alberta lists it as 8.2 m (27 ft) tall and 2,700 kg (6,000 lb); Tourisme Alberta gives 25 ft tall and 12 ft wide. 'World's largest pyrogy' is the tourism listings' wording.

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Giant Pyrogy (Glendon)

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Site-level location · 54.2527° N, 111.1541° W

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A giant dumpling on a fork stands in the middle of a village in northern Alberta. Travel Alberta calls Glendon the Perogy Capital of the World and says the sculpture serves as the hub for the annual Perogy Festival.

Travel Alberta says the pyrogy, with the extremely large fork on which it rests, was unveiled in 1991, and that it marks the centre of the village, about 40 km north of St. Paul. Tourisme Alberta gives more of the making. It says the statue is made of fibreglass and steel and was built by PML Exhibits of Calgary at the company's site in Salmon Arm, B.C. It says the statue was transported to Glendon on 26 August 1991.

The sources disagree on size. Travel Alberta gives 8.2 m (27 ft) tall and 2,700 kg (6,000 lb). Tourisme Alberta says 25 ft tall, 12 ft wide and 6,000 lb. Go East of Edmonton, a regional tourism site, also gives 27 feet and 6,000 pounds. The sources read do not settle which height is right.

The "world's largest" label is the wording of the tourism listings. None of the three pages cites a record-keeping body.

Travel Alberta says visitors can find the statue by following Perogy Drive to Perogy Park. Go East of Edmonton, in a page published in July 2026, says there is a pyrogy restaurant next door. Tourisme Alberta says the annual Pyrogy Festival, held in September, draws hundreds of people, and Travel Alberta notes that many Eastern European newcomers settled in the Glendon area to farm.

Travel Alberta lists the site as year-round and self-guided. Tourisme Alberta lists summer and winter. None of the pages gives a street address, hours or a fee, or says when the statue was last repaired or repainted, so its present condition is not documented in these sources.

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In Perogy Park, reached by following Perogy Drive, at the centre of Glendon, about 40 km north of St. Paul (Travel Alberta). A pyrogy restaurant is next door according to Go East of Edmonton (page published July 2026).

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Travel Alberta lists the site as year-round and self-guided. The sources read give no street address, hours or fee.

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