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A monument to Wiarton Willie in Bluewater Park. Wiarton Willie is the name given to a Canadian groundhog who lives in the community of Wiarton in Bruce County, Ontario. Every February 2, on Groundhog Day, Willie takes part in the local Wiarton Willie Festival. His role is to predict whether there will be an early spring. Although the original ...
Another notable feature is the Wiarton Willie Festival and Wiarton Willie, the albino groundhog who purportedly predicts the length of winter every Groundhog Day. Tourism forms an important part of the town's modern economy, attracting many seasonal visitors to the area's cottages and resorts, and to the town's marina.
The most popularly known of these groundhogs are Punxsutawney Phil, Wiarton Willie, Shubenacadie Sam, Jimmy the Groundhog, Dunkirk Dave, and Staten Island Chuck kept as part of Groundhog Day festivities in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania; Wiarton, Ontario; Sun Prairie, Wisconsin; Dunkirk, New York; and Staten Island respectively.
On the second page of Willie Burton’s book, "The Blacker the Berry…A Black History of Shreveport" the historian explains that there were 2,416 whites, 2,837 slaves and 29 free Blacks in Caddo ...
Wiarton Willie; Z. Zwarte Piet This page was last edited on 22 January 2023, at 07:08 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...
Wiarton Willie This page was last edited on 19 May 2011, at 08:25 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License ...
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History of Bruce County (9 P) P. ... Wiarton Rock; Wiarton Willie This page was last edited on 27 March 2013, at 16:24 (UTC). Text is available under the ...