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The River Guardian

Traverse City, MI

Artist Dewey Blocksma built this approximately 12-foot figure beside the Boardman River from old canoes and other found materials. The towering assemblage appears to guard the riverbank, turning discarded watercraft into one of downtown Traverse City's strangest pieces of public art.

Filed under roadside oddities: giant objects, odd monuments and things built for no clear reason.

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Source: Atlas Obscura

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