The world’s largest hockey stick located on Vancouver Island is about to be no more.
The 205-foot long, 61,000 pound hockey stick, crafted from Douglas fir for Expo 86, holds the 2008 Guinness World Record for the largest in the world.
After a months-long bidding process, the Cowichan Valley Regional District (CVRD) unveiled its plans for the massive, aging hockey stick that has adorned a local rink for 35 years.
“First constructed for Expo 1986 in Vancouver, then brought to the Island and affixed to the Cowichan Community Centre building in 1988, the structure has resided as a prominent landmark of the Cowichan region for the past 35 years,” the district said in a press release Thursday.
Although repairs completed in 2000 extended its lifespan, the decaying Douglas-fir structure of the hockey stick now poses a public safety risk.
CVRD says the hockey stick’s ownership has been transferred to Maxwell’s Auto Centre in Shawnigan Lake who will create collectible pieces out of it.
The company plans to create millions of tiny sticks from the giant hockey stick and sell them as collectibles to the public. These miniatures will be used in fundraising efforts for sports teams and charities.
No details have been provided on the exact date for the stick’s removal. However, once it’s taken down, the title of “world’s largest” will pass to Lockport, Illinois.
The American city plans to build an arena featuring a hockey stick measuring over 249 feet in length, surpassing the current record holder.
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