You may not expect to see a giant smoking pipe sculpture as a centerpiece between flower gardens, but that’s exactly what you’ll find in the community of St. Claude, Manitoba. The pipe is 19-feet long, 5-feet tall, and weighs just over 400 pounds. It would take a lot of tobacco to fill this pipe’s bowl. So, why did the citizens of St. Claude decide to build a giant pipe back in 1984? Well, the first inhabitants of what’s now Saint (also St.) Claude came from St. Claude, France, in 1892. Today,…
