The Legacy

Ponoka, Alberta, Canada

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The Legacy is a 32-foot bucking saddle bronc and rider monument in Lions Centennial Park on Highway 2A, just north of Highway 53, in Ponoka, Alberta. The Town of Ponoka says it was built in 2004 to celebrate the town's 100-year anniversary; the Town's page title calls it the World's Largest Bucking Saddle Bronc Horse & Rider.

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According to the Town of Ponoka, a bucking horse and rider stands in the middle of Lions Centennial Park, on Highway 2A just north of Highway 53 in Ponoka, Alberta. The Town of Ponoka calls it The Legacy and describes it as "a 32-foot monument". Travel Alberta, the provincial tourism body, also gives 32 feet and says it rises above the park.

According to the Town, "The statue was built in 2004" to celebrate Ponoka's 100-year anniversary, and it is "dedicated to the strength of the pioneer families, the vision of the founding fathers and community residents." The sources read do not say why a bronc and rider was chosen as the subject.

The Town's page title calls the monument the "World's Largest Bucking Saddle Bronc Horse & Rider". That is the Town's own wording; its page does not explain the claim, and none of the pages read cites an independent record. Neither source says whether the 32 feet includes the base.

Travel Alberta lists the address as 4902 AB-2 and describes the monument as "easy to spot and simple to access" and as a "quick photo stop or a quiet break on a prairie drive". It gives the "Season Availability" as year-round.

The sculptor, the materials and the construction are not named in the sources read.

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In the middle of Lions Centennial Park on Highway 2A, just north of Highway 53, Ponoka. Travel Alberta lists 4902 AB-2 and describes it as a "quick photo stop", with "Season Availability" given as year-round.

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Outdoor monument in Lions Centennial Park on Highway 2A. Travel Alberta describes it as "simple to access" and a "quick photo stop" and lists "Season Availability" as year-round; no fee or hours are stated in the sources read.

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