A sculpture of a tobacco pipe at St. Claude in the Rural Municipality of Grey commemorates early settlers who arrived here in 1892 from Saint-Claude, in the Jura region of France, where the main industry was manufacturing smoking pipes. It is 19 feet long and 5 feet high, and weighs just over 400 pounds. Funded by the St. Claude Chamber of Commerce, the sculpture is believed to be the second-largest smoking pipe in the world.
Giant Tobacco Pipe Monument (October 2017)
Source: George Penner
Giant Tobacco Pipe Monument (August 2019)
Source: Rose KuzinaSite Coordinates (lat/long): N49.65767, W98.34544
denoted by symbol on the map above
St. Claude, Manitoba, Canada: World's Largest Tobacco Pipe, RoadsideAmerica.com.
We thank George Penner for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Rose Kuzina.
Page revised: 24 April 2022
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