Example from The Ontario Fact Book:

Unique Claims to Fame

Many Ontario communities have unique attributes, landmarks, and characteristics that give them a special identity or help them promote tourism.

One of Sudbury’s claims to fame is the Big Nickel, the world’s largest nickel, measuring more than 9 metres high and 61 centimetres thick. It was issued in 1951 and, ironically, is made of stainless steel. The Northern Ontario Mining Museum in Cobalt has the world’s largest display of native silver ore.

The Wawa Goose, a nine-metre steel Canada Goose at the entrance to Wawa, is one of the most famous pieces of highway art in North America. Wawa, which means wild goose in Ojibwa, is named for the thousands of Canada geese that congregate on Lake Wawa. Visitors to Kenora will be greeted by Husky the Muskie, a 12-metre-high statue in honour of the muskellunge, one of the mightiest fighting fish in the world.

Brighton, in southern Ontario, is home to the world’s largest apple. The Big Apple stands more than 9 metres high, is about 11 metres in diameter, could hold 653,800 apples, and is composed of 42 tons of foam and fibreglass over a metal frame.

The Chapleau Game Preserve and Wildlife Sanctuary in northern Ontario, comprising 800,000 hectares, is the largest game preserve in the world, and the only shooting done here is with cameras. Creatures that can be viewed include birds of prey, otters, mink, fox, wolves, moose, and black bears.

A bear of a different kind is the pride of White River. This northwestern Ontario community is the birthplace of the real Winnie the Pooh. A Winnipeg soldier adopted a bear cub during World War I and took it with him to England. He later donated it to the London Zoo, where it became the inspiration for A.A. Milne’s famous stories.

Ottawa is well known as Canada’s capital, but every February at Winterlude, the city’s annual winter festival, the Rideau Canal turns into the world’s longest skating rink, almost eight kilometres long.

The biggest Scottish festival in North America takes place in Fergus in the second week of August. For more than 50 years, the festival has featured highland dancing, pipe bands, Celtic music, and a range of athletic events such as the caber toss.

Toronto can, of course, boast of the CN Tower, the world’s tallest free-standing structure, but Ontario’s capital is also considered the most ethnically diverse city in the world. Some 70 international cultures thrive side by side. Toronto is also home to the world’s largest fireworks display at the Symphony of Fire held each July.