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Shubenacadie Sam greets admirers after her 2024 prediction. Shubenacadie Sam is a Canadian groundhog who lives at the Shubenacadie Wildlife Park in the town of Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia. Every February 2, on Groundhog Day, Sam's shadow is closely observed at 08:00 AST to make the traditional prediction whether there will be an early spring. Shubenacadie Sam is a weather-predicting groundhog who resides at the Shubenacadie Wildlife Park in Nova Scotia. Living on the eastern edge of Canada, Sam makes the first prediction in North America every year at 8:00 am AST. Of all the animals at Shubenacadie Wildlife Park, none have achieved the fame of Shubenacadie Sam, our very own prognosticating groundhog. Every February 2, Sam takes part in a long-standing North American tradition: Groundhog Day. According to superstition, if a groundhog comes out its burrow and sees its shadow on February 2, there will be 6 Shubenacadie Sam climbs out of her burrow and predicts an early spring during a Groundhog Day event at the Shubenacadie Wildlife Park in Nova Scotia on Friday, Feb. 2, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ted Shubenacadie Sam is a prognosticating Groundhog from Shubenacadie in Nova Scotia, Canada. Shubenacadie Sam has made 26 predictions since 1999. Description: Shubenacadie Sam is the first groundhog to make a prediction every year on Groundhog Day at 8am sharp (Atlantic time). Sam lives at the Shubenacadie Wildlife Park in Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia and has been predicting since at least 1999 but possibly as far back as the 1980s. 3:23 Groundhog Day: Shubenacadie Sam makes her prediction. Videos. Groundhog Day: Shubenacadie Sam makes her prediction. 03:23 | February 2, 2024 Dine Around 2025. 05:38 | 11 hours ago Affectionately known as the "famous Prognosticating Groundhog", Shubenacadie (pronounced "Shoo-ben-ack-a-dee") Sam is a famous Canadian groundhog who lives at the Shubenacadie Wildlife Park, which is a wonderful wilflide park, approximately one-hour drive from New Glasgow. Every February 2nd on Groundhog Day, observers watch at 8:00am AST to see if Sam will see a shadow, predicting if we will Nova Scotia's Shubenacadie Sam made her annual Groundhog Day prediction Friday morning and said Maritimers can expect an early spring. Nova Scotians are invited to celebrate Groundhog Day with Shubenacadie Sam – in person and virtually – for the groundhog’s annual forecast from Shubenacadie Wildlife Park on Thursday, February 2. Shubenacadie Wildlife Park’s well-known groundhog will emerge from a burrow at 8 a.m. Despite the name, GROUNDHOG-DAY.com is all-welcoming. Skip to main content Groundhog-D a y.com. The leading Groundhog Day data source. Shubenacadie Sam: Nova Scotia Find your closest Groundhog Day prognosticator on an interactive map of all groundhogs across USA and Canada. Shubenacadie Sam. Groundhog. Shubenacadie, Nova Shubenacadie Sam kicked off Canada’s first Groundhog Day prediction shortly after sunrise on the East Coast. Nova Scotia’s most famous groundhog apparently s Wiarton Willie, a white groundhog that lives in Wiarton, Ont., has predicted an early spring, matching similar forecasts from Punxsutawney Phil, Fred la marmotte and Shubenacadie Sam. Lucy the Shubenacadie Sam is the first groundhog in North America to emerge on Groundhog Day! What will Sam predict? Will we have an early spring or another 6 weeks of winter? The events start at 7:00 am with Shubenacadie Sam making his appearance and prediction at 8:00 am sharp. 5:49 Shubenacadie Sam Prepares for Groundhog Day. We check in with Shubenacadie Wildlife Park’s, Tabitha Cox, ahead of Shubenacadie Sam’s big prognostication. – Feb 2, 2022. Living on the East Coast, Shubenacadie Sam is typically the first groundhog in North America to issue a long-term forecast. Meanwhile, Ontario’s most famous groundhog, Wiarton Willie, was expected to offer a seasonal prediction to a virtual audience just before 8 a.m. EST. Last year, Willie was nowhere to be seen in a video marking Groundhog Day. No shadows on Groundhog Day for Wiarton Willie, Shubenacadie Sam or Fred la Marmotte is good news for Canadians tired of wintry weather Folklorists say the Groundhog Day ritual may have READ MORE: Groundhog Day: Why we carry on with the tradition Shubenacadie Sam gives one of Canada’s first Groundhog Day predictions. It's an early spring, guys! Shubenacadie Sam climbs out of her burrow and predicts an early spring during a Groundhog Day event at the Shubenacadie Wildlife Park in Nova Scotia on Feb. 2. Ted Pritchard/The Canadian Press Share
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