davidsons coffee potA small town is Saskatchewan is home to a 150,000 cup coffee pot. The town of Davidson, Saskatchewan,  (pop. 1000) is known as a stopping place for those driving in Saskatchewan, along the province’s busiest highway. Currently, the Town of Davidson has the bragging rights to the largest coffee pot and cup in the world. The 24-foot-high (or 7.3-metre high) roadside attraction, known as “Canada’s Largest Coffee Pot,” symbolizes Davidson’s friendliness and hospitality, says Mayor Mary Jane Morrison.

This monument has direct significance to the ‘Midway Town” where people often stop for coffee en route to either Regina or Saskatoon.

Davidson marks the junction of Highways #11 and #44, roughly half way between Saskatchewan’s three major cities: a 75-minute drive to Saskatoon, a 90-minute drive to Regina, and about the same to Moose Jaw.

The coffee pot was constructed of sheet metal in 1996, as a result of a major community effort, says Morrison. Kelly Thorsen of Holdfast painted scenes depicting transportation, farming, and rural life. It shows themes of the community, symbolized by images such as a curling rock and ball glove, and the town’s heritage, commemorated by the train, combine, and bi-plane symbolizing World War II training.

On July 5, 2010, Canada Post made a commemorative stamp of the Coffee Pot as part of its Roadside Attractions collection.

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