THUNDER BAY — The Thunder Bay area's exceptionally snowy winter has allowed Dante DaCosta and his friends to enjoy a unique sliding hill at his Lakeshore Drive home in Shuniah.
The four-year-old's dad, Carlos DaCosta, started working after Christmas on a sliding hill that turned into a very large, eye-catching dinosaur made of packed and painted snow.
It's about 33 metres long and includes three different slides plus a tunnel.
DaCosta says "I've been working on that ever since it started snowing. The snow kept coming and it kept getting higher and bigger."
He spent a couple of hours working on it after each snowfall, using his snowblower, the plow on his quad, and a front-end loader.
"The rest of it was all shovelling and handbombing pretty much," DaCosta said, adding that he also got help from time to time from Dante.
He coloured the dinosaur with of aerosol paint.
Besides his young son, a few neighbourhood children and friends have also enjoyed the slide.
With temperatures expected to reach well above zero this whole week, the dinosaur's days are likely numbered.
CORRECTION: A previous version of this story has been edited to use Carlos and Dante DaCosta's correct names
