The Mammoth Cheese

In Perth, Ontario stands The Mammoth Cheese, a tribute to a historic feat of dairy engineering that took place at the Chicago World's Fair. The original Mammoth Cheese was an impressive creation made by 12 cheese-makers using the milk of 10,000 cows, weighing 22,000 pounds and standing six feet high. This monumental block of cheese gained immediate notoriety and even led to the innovation of a special metal-reinforced railcar due to its immense size.

Although the original Mammoth Cheese met an interesting fate after being purchased and divided, a concrete replica now stands near the site of the old Perth Station. Another monument was erected in 2009, resembling the cart that held the cheese at its original weigh station. The Mammoth Cheese Replica in Perth serves as a quirky landmark, commemorating a unique chapter in Canada's dairy history.

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