The World's Largest Lobster

The World's Largest Lobster (French: Le plus grand homard du monde) is a concrete and reinforced steel statue by Canadian artist Winston Bronnum. The statue is 11 metres long and 5 metres tall, weighing 90 tonnes.[1] The sculpture was commissioned by the Shediac Rotary Club as a tribute to the town's lobster fishing industry[2] The sculpture took three years to complete,[2] at a cost of $170,000.[3] It attracts 500,000 visitors per year.[2] Contrary to popular belief, this is not actually the "World's Largest Lobster" as that title went to the Big Lobster statue in Rosetown, South Australia, until 2015 when Qianjiang, Hubei, China built a 100-tonne lobster/crayfish.[4]

The World's Largest Lobster
ArtistWinston Bronnum
Year1990
TypeConcrete statue
LocationShediac, New Brunswick
OwnerTown of Shediac
Winston Bronnum with his sculpture

References
  1. "The World's Largest Lobster". Tourism New Brunswick. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
  2. "Town of Shediac". Big Things. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
  3. "Shediac's Lobster and Fisherman". CBC Digital Archives. Retrieved 3 July 2014.
  4. "Largest crustacean sculpture". Guinness World Records. Retrieved 2019-01-07.


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