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'Fred the Groundhog') is a groundhog located in Val-d'Espoir near Percé, Quebec, whose behaviour is used to predict weather on Groundhog Day. [1] Fred is the official groundhog of Quebec for Groundhog Day predictions. [2] The name "Fred la marmotte" is passed to a succession of groundhogs, that are replaced as they retire or die. [3]
The original Wiarton Willie lived to the advanced age of 22, and was found dead only two days before Groundhog Day in 1999. The organizers were unable to find a replacement, and instead marked Groundhog Day by revealing "Willie" in a coffin. He had been dressed in a tuxedo, had coins over his eyes, and a carrot between his paws.
The groundhog (Marmota monax), also known as the woodchuck, is a rodent of the family Sciuridae, belonging to the group of large ground squirrels known as marmots. [2] A lowland creature of North America, it is found through much of the Eastern United States, across Canada and into Alaska. [3]
Last Groundhog Day, the newly elected mayor of New York, Bill de Blasio, visited Staten Island to meet NYC's Punxsutawney Phil, Chuck. Chuck Mayor de Blasio found to be responsible for groundhog's ...
John Bailey, former president of the Academy and famed cinematographer who worked on films such as Groundhog Day, Ordinary People and As Good as It Gets, has died. He was 81.Bailey's wife, the ...
In 2010, Val-d'Espoir became the site of the famous Groundhog Day where Fred, Quebec's official groundhog, makes his annual predictions of the arrival of spring. [2] This tradition is temporarily interrupted in 2023 when the groundhog Fred had been found dead before making his predictions.
Once found only in the Upper and Mid-South, groundhogs have expanded their range in recent years as far south as central Alabama and northern Mississippi. ... when a groundhog will lose up to 30 ...
The observance of Groundhog Day in the United States first occurred in German communities in Pennsylvania, according to known records. The earliest mention of Groundhog Day is an entry on February 2, 1840, in the diary of James L. Morris of Morgantown, in Pennsylvania Dutch Country, according to the book on the subject by Don Yoder. This was a ...