The Big Apple is a roadside attraction in Colborne , a village in the municipality of Cramahe , in Northumberland County, Ontario , Canada. Located on the south side of Ontario Highway 401 at interchange 497 (Northumberland County Road 25/Percy Street), it is easily recognizable from the highway by its large apple-shaped structure, claimed to be the world's largest.
12-400: Colborne may refer to: Places [ edit ] Colborne, Norfolk County, Ontario Colborne, Northumberland County, Ontario Colborne Parish, New Brunswick Other uses [ edit ] Colborne (surname) , a surname Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
24-588: A face mask was hung on the Big Apple in a show of support for front-line workers. The primary attraction of the Big Apple is the eponymous Big Apple, a 12.1 m (40 ft) tall, 11.5 m (38 ft) wide apple-shaped structure named "Mr. Applehead". The Big Apple claims to be the largest apple-shaped structure in the world. The structure contains apple-based trivia in its interior, and an observation deck on its roof. The structure weighs 42 tonnes, and can purportedly hold 650,000 apples. In addition to
36-517: A career in real estate and local politics; he served in several government positions over the subsequent fourteen years, including as the final reeve of Colborne prior to its amalgamation with Cramahe in 2001. In 2013, a cartoon face was painted on the Big Apple. In April 2020, amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario , the Big Apple donated hundreds of apple pies to hospital workers. In July 2020,
48-516: A number of communities, including the following communities such as Castleton , Colborne , Dundonald , East Colborne, Edville, Greenleys Corners, Griffis Corners, Loughbreeze, Morganston , Purdy Corners, Salem , Shiloh, Tubbs Corners, Victoria Park; Banford Station , Browns Corners , Ogden Point , Spencer Point , Victoria Beach Originally named Keeler's Creek, Colborne ( 44°00′20″N 77°53′20″W / 44.00556°N 77.88889°W / 44.00556; -77.88889 )
60-615: Is a rural township located in Northumberland County in southern Ontario , Canada . It is situated just off Ontario Highway 401 approximately 140 km East of Toronto . It was named for Hector Theophilus de Cramahé , who was Lieutenant-Governor of the Province of Quebec . The township's seat and largest town is Colborne. Joseph Keeler opened a store on the site of present-day Colborne about 1819. A community began to grow as other small businessmen followed suit. With
72-400: Is the largest and main population centre of the township. It was named after Sir John Colborne , Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada, by Joseph Abbott Keeler in 1829. Colborne was incorporated as a village in 1858 with a population of approximately 700 people. In 2001, Colborne and Cramahe Township were amalgamated as part of municipal restructuring to form an expanded Township of Cramahe. At
84-684: The Canada 2011 Census : Big Apple (Colborne, Ontario) The Big Apple was conceived by George Boycott, an Australian immigrant to Canada who took inspiration from the Big Pineapple in Sunshine Coast Region , Queensland . Boycott sold the six pizza shops he owned in Australia and moved to Colborne in 1976, the village being one of the largest apple-producing areas in Ontario. Boycott sold real estate in Ontario to fund
96-426: The apple, a restaurant and other amenities on the premises. In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada , Cramahe had a population of 6,509 living in 2,603 of its 2,772 total private dwellings, a change of 2.4% from its 2016 population of 6,355 . With a land area of 202.22 km (78.08 sq mi), it had a population density of 32.2/km (83.4/sq mi) in 2021. According to
108-424: The construction of the Big Apple. In 1983 he met Henry Mensen, a local builder, with whom Boycott planned the construction of the Big Apple over the next five years. The Big Apple opened in 1987, with its construction costs covered through a combination of a government loan and investment by Doug Rutherford, the owner of a local trucking company. Boycott sold his stake in the Big Apple in 1992, and began to pursue
120-462: The opening of harbour facilities in the 1840s and the arrival of the railway in 1840, Colborne became an important service centre for the region. Cramahe was incorporated as a township in 1850. In 1858, the Village of Colborne seceded from the municipality as a separate township. In 2001, both municipalities were reamalgamated to form an expanded Township of Cramahe. The township of Cramahe comprises
132-469: The time of dissolution, Colborne Village had a population of 2,040 over an area of 5.2 square kilometres (2.0 sq mi). Colborne is the home of the Big Apple , a tourist attraction located along Ontario Highway 401 . With a height of 10.7 metres (35 ft) and diameter of 11.6 metres (38 ft), the Big Apple is billed as the largest apple in the world. There is an observation deck on top of
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