The largest Ukrainian settlement in Alberta is located at Vegreville where the biggest Ukrainian Easter Egg in the world stands. Erected in 1973 to mark the 100th anniversary of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the pysanka symbolizes the harmony, vitality, and culture of this community, a one-hour drive east of Edmonton. It is reported that Prince Philip, when both he and Queen Elizabeth II visited Vegreville, 1978, cautioned the Ukrainian community not to keep the egg in the sunlight too long for fear that the three-story-high egg might hatch. [Photo, courtesy Vegreville Cultural Centre]