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Canada Post is taking Canadians on a cross-country journey celebrating four great Canadian Roadside Attractions along the way.

Canada Post issue set of 4 stamps feature Roadside Attractions, denominated 55c each.

Discription of the stamps:

* Mr. PG is an eight-metre high log man raised in 1960 in Prince George to recognize forestry’s important role in the city’s history.

* A second stamp features the Signpost Forest, in Watson Lake, Yukon. The first signs were raised in 1942, by a homesick US G.I. to point his way home. Today, more than 64,000 signs are posted.

* The stunning inukshuk outside Hay River in the Northwest Territories illustrates the stone giants’ purpose in guiding travellers in Canada’s north.

* Finally there is the Pysanka, the largest Easter egg in the world, created to honour Vegreville, Alberta’s large Ukrainian-Canadian community. Beautifully decorated Easter eggs are a tradition among Ukrainians worldwide.

The set is the first in Canada Post’s Roadside Attractions series, which will run over three years.