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| Dinosaurs Outside the U.S. (page 3) |
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| Triceratops [gone] Windsor, ON |
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| This Triceratops was installed in Odette Sculpture Park in the 1990s. The statue may have previously been installed at the Niagara Falls Museum. It was ordered from Jonas Studios and produced from the same mold as the 1964 New York World's Fair statue. After being vandalized, the statue was removed around 2020. |
| Restaurant Madrid (now Madrid 2.0) Saint-Leonard-d'Aston, QC |
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| The Restaurant Madrid was founded in 1956 as the Moulin Rouge restaurant. In 1959, the owner added a dance hall. In 1967, the restaurant was destroyed by fire. It was rebuilt and reopened as Restaurant Madrid in 1968. The place is a popular stop on the Trans Canada Highway as a combination gas station, restaurant and hotel. In addition to this dinosaur collection and the chateau-like architecture, there are several monster trucks. The dinosaurs were created around 1993 and after being displayed around Quebec, they were moved here. These photos are from 2009. In 2011, it was announced that the restaurant had been sold. The building was demolished in 2012, replaced with a gas station and restaurant. The travel center is now known as Madrid 2.0. It appears many of the dinosaur statues remain, if not all of them. For more, see this website. [map] |
| Crystal Palace Park London, England |
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| Dinosaurs statues first appeared in England in 1854 when Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins made some dinosaurs in what is now London's Crystal Palace Park. They were restored between 2001-2003. There are 14 figures on the "Prehistoric Monster Trail". The originals, made of brick and concrete over iron frames, were replaced with faithful fiberglass reproductions. These rhinoceros-like creatures were based on very inaccurate and incomplete remains. After the success of this project, Hawkins came to New York City and began building dinosaurs for Central Park. However, before they were completed in 1871, they were partially demolished and buried there. [photos thanks Libby Hall] |
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More Dinosaurs Outside the U.S.:
Calgary Zoo Prehistoric Park (Calgary, AB) Royal Tyrrell Museum: 1, 2 (Drumheller, AB) Dinosaur Country Store (Patricia, AB) Dinotown (Chilliwack, BC) [gone] Dinotown (Cultus Lake, BC) [gone] T-Rex (Mattice, ON) Dinosaur Park Miniature Golf (Niagara Falls, ON) Canadian Museum of Nature (Ottawa, ON) Dinosaur Valley Mini Golf (Sudbury, ON) Dinosaurs (Ragueneau, QC) Plesiosaur (Ponteix, SK) Brontosaurus (Australia) [vintage]
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Non-U.S. Dinos page 2 |
Dinosaurs Main Page |
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