1963 – Council held a design contest for Goose II
A dutch Ironworker, Dick Vanderklift won the contest. He received $50 & his scale model still adorns council chambers.
Dick Vanderklift, an amazing metal artist from the Netherlands physically made the goose by hand. It was constructed out of steel manufactured by the raw ore mined in Wawa. Because of the size and weight of the Goose, he had help from his friends. It took 1600 hours to create, and is hard to even imagine how difficult it was to pound out those shapes with hammers on sand filled leather bags.. The technology was not what it is today. It was quite an incredible feat!