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Manitoba Merv is a weather predicting groundhog puppet from Winnipeg, Manitoba. The Groundhog Day 2025 season is now under way! Find the latest predictions here and public events here . Manitoba Merv is a prognosticating Groundhog golf club cover from Stonewall in Manitoba, Canada. In 2025, Merv did not make a prediction. Wyn replaced Winnipeg Willow, a rescued woodchuck that died in 2016, as the centre’s Groundhog Day prognosticator. Winnipeg Wyn died in August 2020. 2025: Manitoba Merv — Prediction — TBA. Sunday, February 2, 2025 | Sunrise. Oak Hammock Marsh Wetland Discovery Centre, 1 Snow Goose Bay, Stonewall. Manitoba. Manitoba Merv has been leading local Groundhog Day celebrations for over 30 years. He started as an actor in children's puppet shows at Oak Hammock Marsh Interpretive Centre but has since moved on to a Groundhog Day mascot with an impressive track record. Published on Jan. 17, 2025, Groundhog Day is almost here: A celebration where North Americans turn toward local groundhogs, like Canadian notables Balzac Billie, Manitoba Merv, Wiarton Willie What is Groundhog Day? People flock to Gobbler’s Knob in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, on Feb. 2 every year to be a part of the celebrations revolving around Punxsutawney Phil's winter forecast. When is Groundhog Day 2025? Groundhog Day will take place Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025. Thousands will show up in person, with the grounds to Gobblers Knob opening at 4 a.m., and millions will tune in to see if Punxsutawney Phil will see his shadow. More: Where to watch Bill Murray's 1993 classic movie 'Groundhog Day' for Groundhog Day. What is The first official Groundhog Day took place on February 2, 1887, in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. The event took up permanent residence at Gobbler’s Knob the following year. Manitoba Merv lives at Oak Hammock Marsh north of Winnipeg, where the site's Wetland Discovery Centre is currently being renovated, and came out from his hiding spot on Groundhog Day wearing a Manitoba Merv is a prognosticating Groundhog golf club cover from Stonewall in Manitoba, Canada. Manitoba Merv has made 27 predictions since 1996. 2024 Groundhog Day Predictions: Canada’s groundhogs have agreed to disagree on weather predictions. Nova Scotia’s Shubenacadie Sam predicted early spring at the 8 a.m. event held at Shubenacadie Park, while Lucy the Lobster disagreed with a forecast of six more weeks of winter as she saw her shadow. Global News Weather Specialist Kahla Evans checks in with Oak Hammock Marsh Interpretive Centre and Manitoba Merv for Groundhog Day 2021. Read more: ©2025 Global News, a division of Corus Groundhog Day is almost here: A celebration where North Americans turn toward local groundhogs, like Canadian notables Balzac Billie, Manitoba Merv, Wiarton Willie, Fred la Marmotte, and Manitoba Merv: Manitoba ️: 27 Shubenacadie Sam: Nova Scotia 🌼: 26 Balzac Billy: Alberta ️: 20 Two Rivers Tunnel: Nova Scotia ️: 15 Chilly Charlie: Ontario 🌼: 14 Fred la Marmotte: Quebec 🌼: 14 Manitoba Merv - Six more weeks of winter. Manitoba Merv has been leading local Groundhog Day celebrations for over 30 years. He started as an actor in children's puppet shows at Oak Hammock Marsh Manitoba Merv has had a 73 percent success rate in making correct predictions since 2000, according to The Weather Network. Elsewhere across the Groundhog Day celebrity circuit, Shubenacadie Sam Manitoba Merv says we’re in store for six more weeks of winter after making his annual Groundhog Day prediction as Oak Hammock Marsh on Wednesday, February 2, 2022. Manitoba Merv started predicting the arrival of spring in 1994 as we needed our own groundhog in Manitoba since we have a very different climate here. Manitoba Merv is a puppet (a golf club cover actually) and this is great because unlike other groundhogs, it lives forever and does not need to be awoken from hibernation to make its prediction. Published on Jan. 17, 2025, Groundhog Day is almost here: A celebration where North Americans turn toward local groundhogs, like Canadian notables Balzac Billie, Manitoba Merv, Wiarton Willie Groundhog puppet Manitoba Merv has been predicting the arrival of spring at the Oak Hammock Marsh Interpretive Centre for about 25 years, spokesperson Jacques Bourgeois told CBC Weekend Morning
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