Paddle

Parson, British Columbia, Canada

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A giant paddle at 2629 Highway 95 in Parson, in the Columbia River Valley near Golden, British Columbia. Its website says it is scaled up 13 times to over 60 feet and is certified by Guinness World Records as the 'Largest Hand Paddle / Oar'.

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Site-level location · 51.1272° N, 116.7364° W

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A giant paddle stands at Parson, in the Columbia River Valley near Golden, British Columbia. The attraction's own website says it is based on an actual paddle and is a proportionally correct monolith scaled up 13 times to over 60 feet, which it calls perfect for a 78-foot giant. The site also says it is certified by Guinness World Records as the Largest Hand Paddle / Oar. The record is the operator's claim.

Tourism Golden's listing gives the address as 2629 Highway 95, Parson, and the operator's site describes views of the surrounding Columbia River Valley beneath the Canadian Rocky Mountains, with riverfront access to wetlands that it says are populated by more than 350 species of Canadian wildlife.

Neither page names a builder, a year of construction, the paddle's materials or its weight, and neither gives a history of how the attraction began. Neither carries a publication date; Tourism Golden's footer reads copyright 2025 and the operator's site carries a 2026 copyright line, so how things stand today rests on those two pages. Tourism Golden lists the rate as free but does not say what that covers, and neither source gives opening hours or visitor conditions.

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Located at 2629 Highway 95, Parson, BC, in the Columbia River Valley near Golden. Tourism Golden lists the rate as free, and the operator's site invites visitors to 'stop for an unparalleled photo opportunity' and describes riverfront access to wetlands.

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Tourism Golden lists the rate as free. The Tourism Golden listing and the operator's home page do not state opening hours, whether the site is private property, or any visitor conditions, so contact the operator (details on the Tourism Golden listing) before visiting.

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