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Town in Alberta, Canada
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Vegreville is a town of 5,700 people (2016) on the Yellowhead Highway in East Central Alberta, approximately 100 km east of Edmonton. It is home to the world's largest pysanka (Ukrainian Easter egg).
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Ask the blessings of Our Lady to protect and direct travellers in their journeys. Seven-foot high shrine sculpted in Italy from Carrara Marble (Italian White Marble) and erected by the Vegreville Knights of Columbus.
Painstakingly constructed from thousands of individual aluminium pieces, this oversize Ukrainian Easter egg (batik pysanka) stands three and a half stories high and is 9 m (31 ft) long. (By comparison, the "Big Bird" muppet would be tiny at a mere 8ft 2in.)
Former Agriculture Canada research station (1956-1995), the museum and Vegreville & District Sports Hall of Fame highlight community development with local history exhibits, classic farm machinery, community history books. There is a corn maze nearby.
A fully restored CN caboose is open every day of the year. Tourist info, souvenirs, snacks, 93-site RV park and camp site with shower and rest rooms, picnic facilities, playground, tobogganing hill and outdoor fitness area.
For Three days on early August.
Three days, early July. Celebration of Ukrainian culture.
Fries, sandwich, nachos, hotdogs, wings and burgers.
80 rooms and suites, on-site convenience store, meeting facilities, Wi-fi.
44 rooms with fridge, microwave, TV. Homestead Lounge open 10am-2am.
Picnic tables, gazebos, stoves, fire pit, hot showers, accessible playground and outdoor exercise equipment.
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Passenger service to Vegreville ended in 1975. The former station is now a restaurant and event space.
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Edmonton · International · YEG
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