Reviews of Syncrude Giants of Mining (Tourist Attraction)

Bernie H

Very informative!

Geoffrey Bishop

This is a fun place to spend about 25-30 minutes with the family and stand in awe of just how enormous the industrial machines are used in mining. The machines on display are obviously now retired and the interpretative signs tell their story. There's some green space, picnic tables, and paths around the machines. Located about 20-25 minutes north of Fort McMurray.

Elizabeth Reid

Very interesting. ☺

Matthew Lewis

Very interesting look into the history of Oilsands Mining in Fort McMurray. Heavy equipment buffs should stop in and have a look at the shovel.

Jei Mikhail Bacuetes

Very historic and it represents the place and industry well..

roger crespo

It's a show of big machines use in the oilsands industry,,,

Imane AGUEDACH

A must stop if you are in Fort MM

Ladislav Smetana

Really cool view on such giant machines

Jose Delgado

Nice and big machines from the past oil sands

Peter Legge

Old mining stuff ... not very much there

Skipper

Wow never seen such machines. What a bbbbiiiggg Shawwal, what a place i bet most of the people wouldn't have see such machinery for oil sand extraction.

Carlos Perazzo

A most see

Derek Jackson

Super duper neato. Everyone should take the time to stop and enjoy the giants. Been coming up here for two decades. First time I have stopped here.

Alberto Menchaca

(Translated) To spend time there admiring the history of mining (Original) Para pasar un rato ahí admirando la historia de la minería

Joshua Ramcharitar

Beautiful environment in any season! Strongly advise taking pics around 4:30-5pm

Rachel Farrell

Interesting but the whole place was flooded with water and mud

FMC Soccer

The closest some of us would ever get close to a giant equipment ever. Take advantage of it. Take photos next to the Gigantic blade and of course the bucket.

Amber Dechief

The whole Syncrude loop is interesting. I always take my family to see Crane Lake, Giants of Mining, and the Wood Bison when they come to visit. Each location tells a bit of the oil sands story and how they want to minimize their impact on the environment. It makes a great afternoon drive.

Robert S

Grest historical education with regards to oilsand development and improvements.

Andre Lorrain

Great place to visit and see what they are doing to reclaim the environment. Tree huggers needs to see the number of trees are planted each year and deceptive information by radical environmentalists needs to stop.

Jase Langille

Extremely large equipment formerly used in oil sands extraction.

Ola brancewicz

Fascinating how big these giants really are

Ryan Hodgins

Its dope

Jaron Piercy

Very cool to walk around and see first hand the size of some of the giant machines. I do wish there was a bit more information on the signs to read.

John Politopoulos

Interesting spot to check out some massive equipment that's no longer in use.

Andrew Smallin

Excellent free museum that shows some huge equipment. Great for a quick trip if you're in the area. The signs are pretty informative but I left wanting to know a bit more about the whole operation and how those machines work.

Gustavo Piquer

Nice place to stop and learn about the equipment used in the Oil & Sand extraction.

John Barnes (Datasmasher)

Awesome display of Wheel Bucket amd Walk ing Dragline.

Marius Baciu

Nice place to visit to understand sand oil production

Daniel New

Really neat to see the old equipment and just how big it is! A bit of a drive but when you're on your way back stop at the Buffalo!

Panagiotis Panagi

Well oil

Randy Campbell

Nice place to visit

Graham Whatmough

Huuuge mining equipment

Taras Andrusiv

Biggest giants of mining that I've ever seen. Good spot to stop for visitors. No bathrooms at this location.

Michael Young

Standing next to these machines help you to realize the enormity of these rigs. Short time is all that is required here.

rose o'neill

Huge shovel to see. Amazing to see the sheer size of this equipment

Darcy McPhee

Great service, good food, nice store too.

Barbara Pickering

Informative and a good way to enjoy a wonderful drive to it. Free.

Melissa Friend

Worth the trip if in the area. Quick 20 minutes self guided tour,of old mining equipment and views from active plant and active restoration sites.

Patrick Kremer

Very cool

Patrick Beck

HUGE

Pat Breen

(Translated) Intetesting (Original) Intetesting

Jerome Liow

Worth a visit

salif puravida

Amazing machine- breathtaking

Grease Monkey Tuners

Metal and mining machinery

Saul Arias

This is a nice place for visit!!

Paul Ahaneku

Love stopping here

Linda Lylick

Its fascinating to see the machinery of yesteryear...

mario coallier

Nice

Carlos Amaro

Amazing place and huge, gigant ingeniery pieces!

MeNaCeDoG

Very cool

Luke Wu (Tuna)

if you come fort mcmurrary you should come

Connor Holenski

A must-see on any tour of the Oilsands. Interpretive signage is somewhat out of date but still fascinating.

ray meadus

There is so much to see and think about when your here definitely a must see place for anyone new to fort mac or visiting

Luke L

Nice, clean and interesting place. Thank you Syncrude for maintaining it!

Kelvin Dagg

Awesome site to see. Good history lesson. God forbid you working on a syncrude site and get injured tho... It'll get you a site ban.

A F

The location will give you an impression about the machines in the oilsand industry. Could be more new equipment.

Jr Lavallee

If your in the area stop by and check out the retired equipement here. It's a roadside unmanned museum. The bangs are to keep the birds away from the tailings pond

Teann Park

You can't believe the scope of what Fort McMurray does until you have seen this place

Adam S

Amazing machines

Sarah Court

Very informative for those who don't know much about the oil fields and mining processes. Really neat to see old equipment and how the land is restored when mining projects are complete. I really recommend bringing nay-sayers here to show them facts and how incredible oil mining really is.

Malcolm Knowles

Great Place to bring the kids and teach them about the oilsands.

Taliesin Tupper

Covid kind of ruins everything, tape up and blocked off areas as usual.

Glenn Loewen

Shows the actual size of what we're dealing with here.

Ron Vanwyngaarden

A site to see if you are just visiting Fort Mac.

Sharon Young

Very interesting to see the equipment that was used years ago versus the equipment that is currently being used!

Hugo Chavez

An amazing place to visit, must see if in the Fort Mc Murray area. Puts into perspective the challenges we faced developing this incredible resource.

David

Quiet little pull in. Displays are a little dated and dilapidated but the machines are still extremely impressive.

Kevin Gritchen

Amazing machinery

Sean Fewer

Awsome

Andrew Mooney

The best place to work, most everyone is happy and we all work together as a team. Very professional mine.

G x

Took the in-laws out to see this, they couldn't beleive the scale of these machines. Good time.

Trevor Sanderson

Cool stuff

Michael Locking-Beatty

Just stopped to check the chains on my load

Trevor Wakeling

One of the best places to stop on a motorcycle ride to stretch your legs and learn some mining history.

Marc Greenwood

Place is great

Ryland Coventry

Love this place

Kayleigh Harris

Incredible to see the sheet scale of some of these machines, while these are no longer in use you can imagine what it was like when they were. I imagine the sound was deafening of a digger that big. Great write ups on the plaques that are explanatory and give valuable insights. It is a bit of a drive out of Fort McMurray I highly recommend a trip out for anyone visiting!

Stewart Hunter

Lots of interesting information and displays of the equipment used

Ray Wortman

I loved the technology displayed here!

Matt Hollis

Huge machines

Derek

The giant mining equipment really big. Worth to take a look.