Winston Bronnum Explained

Winston Atwood Bronnum
Birth Date:	21 March 1929
Birth Place:	New Denmark, New Brunswick
Death Place:	Sussex, New Brunswick
Nationality:	Canadian
Notable Works:	The World's Largest Lobster, Jumbo the Elephant

Winston Bronnum (1929-1991) was a self-taught Dano-Canadian nature artist, sculptor and entrepreneur known for his large concrete animal sculptures which adorn Canadian roadsides. He founded and operated the defunct Animaland Park which showcased a number of his works and served as his workshop. He worked on bridges and hydro dams early on which helped when designing and building the structures.^[1] His family name was originally spelled Brønnum.

Notable works

• The Cow Bay Moose, Cow Bay, Nova Scotia, 1959^{[2] [3]}
• Gladstone Horse, Saint John, New Brunswick, 1967
• Broken Down Race Horse (Blowhard), Penobsquis, New Brunswick, 1967
• Big Potato Man, Maugerville, New Brunswick, 1969
• Jumbo the Elephant, St. Thomas, Ontario, 1985^[4]
• The World's Largest Lobster, Shediac, New Brunswick, 1990^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Winston Bronnum. dayan. www.bigthings.ca. 2016-11-25.
2. Book: Day. photographs by Henri Robideau ; text by Peter. From the Pacific to the Atlantic : Canada's gigantic. 1988. Summerhill Press. Toronto. 0920197450.
3. Web site: Winston Atwood Bronnum (? - 1991). Big Things. 3 July 2014.
4. Web site: St. Thomas' Jumbo the Elephant. CBC Archives. 3 July 2014.
5. Web site: Shediac's Lobster and Fisherman. CBC Digital Archives. 3 July 2014.