A stone and metal monument of a large mosquito at Komarno, in the Rural Municipality of Rockwood, was designed and built in 1985 by artist Marlene Magnusson Hourd to commemorate the name of the community, a Ukrainian word that means “lots of mosquitos.”
Giant mosquito monument at Komarno (April 2017)
Source: Gordon GoldsboroughSite Location (lat/long): N50.50594, W97.25228
denoted by symbol on the map above
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 1 December 2019
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