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Giant Rubber Duck Will Take Over Toronto This Summer

<div><p>If you were looking for ways to celebrate Canada's 150th birthday,<a href="http://torontoguardian.com/2017/03/worlds-largest-rubber-duck/"> add a giant rubber duck</a> to the list. </p><p>Visit Toronto's Waterfront during the Redpath Waterfront Festival from July 1-3 and see the World's Largest Rubber Duck floating among the ships. </p><p>The 61-foot tall rubber duck will be floating in the Toronto waters on the Canada Day weekend, before making it's way to 5 other Ontario ports.</p><div><figure><a href="https://www.thebigduck.us/" target="_blank"><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/MAR13_BIG_DUCK_POST01.jpg" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/MAR13_BIG_DUCK_POST01_GH_content_550px.jpg 550w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/MAR13_BIG_DUCK_POST01_GH_content_650px.jpg 650w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/MAR13_BIG_DUCK_POST01_GH_content_750px.jpg 750w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img></a><figcaption class="op-vertical-center"><cite><a href="https://www.thebigduck.us/" target="_blank">World's Largest Rubber Duck</a></cite></figcaption></figure></div><p><!-- [invalid-shortcode] --></p><p>This 13,600 kg inflatable fowl is billed as the World's Largest Rubber Duck and is visiting Canada for it's first time this summer. But how big is it really? Towering nearly 6 stories high and nearly 27 meters in length, it marvels in comparison to &nbsp;Canada's depleted Royal Canadian Navy vessels. </p><div><figure><a href="http://www.macleans.ca/news/canada/how-canadas-navy-stacks-up-against-a-giant-rubber-duck/" target="_blank"><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/RCN-Versus-DUCKY.jpg" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/RCN-Versus-DUCKY_GH_content_550px.jpg 550w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/RCN-Versus-DUCKY_GH_content_650px.jpg 650w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/03/RCN-Versus-DUCKY_GH_content_750px.jpg 750w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img></a><figcaption class="op-vertical-center"><cite><a href="http://www.macleans.ca/news/canada/how-canadas-navy-stacks-up-against-a-giant-rubber-duck/" target="_blank">MacLeans</a></cite></figcaption></figure></div><p>Those who plan to attend the Toronto festival this summer, will be able to see the comparison themselves because the <a href="http://towaterfrontfest.com/">navy will be taking part in the event.</a> </p><p><!-- [invalid-shortcode] --></p><div><amp-facebook data-href="https://www.facebook.com/BigDuckUS/photos/a.1612286272347843.1073741828.1609096389333498/1866030926973375/?type=3&amp;theater" layout="responsive" height="600" width="640"></amp-facebook></div><h3>Check out all the dates where you can see this bright yellow duck on the water:</h3><p></p><p>Toronto "“ Redpath Waterfront Festival "“ July 1-3, 2017 "“ towaterfrontfest.com</p><p>Owen Sound "“ Maawanji'iding Festival Canadiana "“ July 7-9, 2017 "“ celebration2017.ca</p><p>Sault Ste. Marie "“ ROTARFEST, The Sault's Summer Festival "“ July13-15, 2017 "“ rotaryfest.om</p><p>Midland "“ Harbour Days "“ July 21-23, 2017 "“ midland.ca</p><p>Amherstburg "“ Raiders, Rebels and Redcoats "“ August 5-6, 2017 "“ amherstburg.ca</p><p>Brockville "“ Rails to Trails "“ August 10-13 "“ railstotrailsbrockville.ca</p><p><!-- [invalid-shortcode] --></p><p>Will you be planning a trip to see this duck float along Canadian shores? </p></div>

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