Wiarton Willie
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Wiarton Willie is a famous Canadian groundhog celebrated for his annual Groundhog Day weather prediction festival in Wiarton, Ontario.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Canadian cultural icon
ⓘ
groundhog ⓘ weather prognosticator ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Groundhog Day celebrations in Canada ⓘ |
| celebratedOn |
February 2
ⓘ
Groundhog Day NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorVariant | albino ⓘ |
| comparedWith |
Punxsutawney Phil
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Shubenacadie Sam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Canada ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance | symbol of Groundhog Day in Canada ⓘ |
| eventLocation | Bluewater Park, Wiarton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| eyeColor | red ⓘ |
| featuredIn |
Canadian newspapers
ⓘ
Canadian television news segments ⓘ |
| festivalSignificance | major winter tourism event in Wiarton ⓘ |
| hasAnnualCeremony | sunrise prediction ceremony ⓘ |
| hasAudience |
local residents
ⓘ
national media ⓘ tourists ⓘ |
| hasMultipleIncarnations | true ⓘ |
| hasName | Wiarton Willie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasOfficialTitle | Wiarton Willie, Canada’s foremost weather prognosticating groundhog NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRole |
festival mascot
ⓘ
weather forecaster ⓘ |
| inception | 1956 ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Groundhog Day festival
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
annual weather prediction ⓘ predicting the arrival of spring ⓘ |
| languageOfCeremony | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Bruce County, Ontario
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ontario ⓘ Wiarton, Ontario NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mediaCoverage | national Canadian news outlets ⓘ |
| namedAfter | town of Wiarton ⓘ |
| organisedBy | Town of South Bruce Peninsula NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Wiarton Willie Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predictionInterpretation |
no shadow means early spring
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seeing shadow means six more weeks of winter ⓘ |
| predictionMethod | shadow observation ⓘ |
| replacedBy | successor groundhogs of the same name ⓘ |
| species | Marmota monax NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successorNamingConvention | each new groundhog also called Wiarton Willie ⓘ |
| timeZoneOfEvent | Eastern Time NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tourismImpact | attracts visitors to Wiarton each February ⓘ |
| traditionType |
folklore
ⓘ
weather lore ⓘ |
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