Moosehead Breweries Helping Mac The Moose Regain His World Title
SAINT JOHN – New Brunswick’s Moosehead Breweries has pitched in to help what was the biggest moose statue in the world regain its title.
On Wednesday the City of Moose Jaw and Tourism Moose Jaw accepted a $25,00o donation from Moosehead Breweries, for an initiative to make Mac The Moose the “World’s Largest Moose” once again.
Okay, so you’re probably wondering what the hell that even means. Let us explain.
So apparently up until 2015, Mac The Moose was the world’s largest moose statue. A signature tourist attraction for Moose Jaw, we can only assume.
BUT THEN in 2015. a silver moose statue – “Storelgen” – was built between the Norwegian cities of Oslo and Trondheim that stands approximately 30 centimetres taller than Mac The Moose.
We know, how dare they. Do they even know who they’re stepping to?
Anyways, a campaign recently started was launched to see Mac The Moose “grow” taller than Storelgen. Yes, this basically means this statue is getting a face-lift…or leg-lift, we don’t actually know.
If there is anyone who knows the significance of the moose, it’s Moosehead Breweries. Not wanting to see Canada outdone by Norway in the Moose statue department, they decided to donate to the cause.
“We couldn’t be more thrilled to lend our support to Mac the Moose, helping him reclaim his rightful title of ‘World’s Largest Moose,’ ” said Trevor Grant, vice-president of marketing and sales at Moosehead Breweries, in a release.
“As Canada’s oldest independent Canadian brewer, we understand what it can feel like to be challenged by ‘the big guys.’ But we’ve never changed who we are, what we stand for, or what we brew in response to any of these pressures. And we see that same fighting spirit in Mac.”
City of Moose Jaw and Tourism Moose Jaw were happy to receive the help.
“We are blown away by this remarkable donation from Moosehead Breweries,” said Moose Jaw Mayor Fraser Tolmie. “We’ve said all along that Mac The Moose is not just a Moose Jaw icon, but a national icon. Moosehead’s contribution proves that we have an entire country behind our efforts to see Mac reclaim his title of “World’s Tallest Moose” from our Norwegian counterparts.”