성촉 may not be an official holiday in Canada, 하지만 국가는 2006 년 2 월 2 일은 매년 날씨 예보 여러 groundhogs를 가지고.

전설에 의하면, if the groundhog sees his shadow on the 2nd of February, it means that winter will last for six more weeks.

While Pennsylvania’s Punxsutawney í•„ may be the best known weather-predicting groundhog in the U.S., Canada’s most famous may be Wiarton 윌리, who looks for his shadow on Ontario’s 브루스 반도. 금년에, 윌리는 자신의 그림자를 보았다, so winter in Ontario is not yet over.

Wiarton의 마을은 연간를 호스팅 Wiarton 윌리 축​​제 during the first week of February. Wiarton 윌리도 있습니다 자신의 페이스 북 페이지.

Other Canadian groundhogs include 샘 Schubenacadie 그리고 노바스코샤에게, who also says that this year’s winter will last six more weeks, and  발자크 빌리 알버타에서, who is predicting an early spring.

매니토바, 모두 브랜든 낚시찌 및 매니토바 메르 seem to be competing for the official provincial groundhog designation, and both apparently indicated that spring is on the way.

넌 할 수 읽기 전체 2010 groundhog report from the Canadian Press here.

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