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artist Don Foulds with the goal of attracting visitors to the city. The construction process involved a steel frame covered with metal mesh and four coats of cement. A contest was held to name the moose, with the name "Mac" being chosen after Les MacKenzie. The giant moose was one of the city's first
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s height (likely by extending his antlers or giving him a helmet), so that the moose statue would once again win the title of the world's largest moose.
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