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M

ac the Moose can rest

easy – a Quebec town

that wants to build its

own massive moose statue next

year says it doesn’t want to chal-

lenge the record for the world’s

tallest, recently regained by the

famed Moose Jaw, Sask., roadside

attraction.

Nicolas Martel, the mayor of

Desbiens, Que., said Saturday he

wants Mac to be friends with his

yet-to-be built Quebec counter-

part, which, he added, will pro-

vide some insurance against any-

one who might try to challenge

Canada again for the record.

Moose Jaw is fresh from

knocking off Stor-Elvdal, a Nor-

wegian town that tried to chal-

lenge it for world’s tallest moose,

by installing a new set of antlers

on Mac to retake the top spot

earlier this month.

Officials discovered in January

that Mac was about 30 centi-

metres short pitted against its

shiny, silver Norwegian counter-

part, Storelgen.

The brouhaha made for inter-

national headlines and provided

fodder for jokes on late-night

talk shows.The Late Showhost

Stephen Colbert dubbed Mac a

papier-mâché dog before he was

fitted with a new and taller rack

of antlers on Oct. 8.

Mr. Martel, the colourful may-

or of the town of just more than

1,000 in Quebec’s Lac Saint-Jean

region, initially wanted to get

into the friendly feud and build a

moose to surpass both towns,

before having a change of heart.

“We saw that it stung the peo-

ple in Moose Jaw, so to be right

with them, what we’ll do out of

respect for them, given it’s part

of the name of the municipality,

we’ll make our statue the same

size as them but leave them with

the record,” Mr. Martel said.

“We’ll assure that if the Nor-

wegians decide to come back

with a bigger statue, we’ll be

ready to reclaim the title for Can-

ada, because ours will be able to

expand.”

Mr. Martel said he wasn’t

aware that Mac was getting a ma-

keover and said it was just a co-

incidence that his announce-

ment with local media came a

matter of days after Mac was fit-

ted with new antlers, creating

concerns about a new challenger.

Mac is on the grounds of

Moose Jaw’s visitors’ centre and

is jointly overseen by the tou-

rism bureau and the city. Mac’s

minders weren’t available for

comment on Saturday, but Mr.

Martel assured he wanted to

work in tandem with Moose Jaw

officials.

“We want to work as a team

with Moose Jaw – all with respect

for our Canadian cousins,” Mr.

Martel assured.

Mr. Martel is known for his off-

beat ideas – and thinking big –

for putting the tiny town at the

mouth of the Metabetchouane

River in the province’s Lac Saint-

Jean region, north of Quebec

City, on the map.

Last year, the town created a

record-setting, massive 2,120-

pound tourtière – another Martel

idea – and also played host to the

world bocce championships.

Mr. Martel said the Quebec

moose – the centrepiece to a

children’s amusement park ex-

pected to begin construction

next year – is also a nod to the

local Indigenous community and

its hunting culture. It’s being

built near a former trading post-

turned-museum that has been

struggling to stay afloat.

He said the $500,000 project

has been in the works for a few

years now and will take a few

years to complete, but the moose

will be part of the first phase

next spring.

“We’re very proud and we’re

trying to set Desbiens apart from

other municipalities in the Lac-

Saint-Jean region,” Mr. Martel

said.

THE CANADIAN PRESS

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