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The World’s Tallest Teepee Medicine Hat, Alberta
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Te world’s tallest teepee, the Saamis Teepee (built for the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics), stands more than 20 stories high and has a base diameter of 50m. Native artwork depicting the colourful native history of Southern Alberta has been incorporated on 12 ſt. diameter storyboards. Located in Medicine Hat, just west of the Tourist Information Centre on the Trans-Canada Highway, this teepee had more engineering challenges in its construction than the did Eiffel Tower, and is built to withstand extreme temperatures and 150 mph winds. Its colours are white for purity,
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