Two very different forecasters share the view that Nova Scotia will have at least six more weeks of winter.
Locals in Barrington held a Groundhog Day celebration Thursday morning with the South Coast highlighted.
Lucy the lobster crawled out of the ocean onto the sidewalk on Cape Sable Island at 8 a.m., ready to show her rodent rival how to make a prediction.
Although it was hard to see where her little beady eyes were going, event organizers announced that she had seen her shadow, indicating six more weeks of winter.
Lucy the Lobster predicted six more weeks of winter on Thursday morning. Shelly Steeves/Global News
In what is perhaps a cruel turn of events for her lobster friends, Lucy’s prediction launched the Nova Scotia Lobster Crawl in Barrington, considered the lobster capital of Canada.
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Meanwhile, more than 300 kilometers away in the Shubenacadie Wildlife Park, the province’s most famous groundhog made his own prediction.
Coming off her bum, Shubenacadie Sam wandered around her enclosure for a few minutes before organizers said she saw her shadow.
Andrew Morrison, veterinarian and manager of the Shubenacadie Wildlife Park, holds Shubenacadie Sam. Amber Friday/Global News
The event has been closed to visitors for the past two years due to COVID-19 gathering restrictions. A storm also canceled the 2020 event.
“It’s great that we can come together again for this tradition,” Andrew Morrison, manager and veterinarian at the wildlife park, told the crowd gathered there in the chilly morning air.
Sam is the first groundhog in North America to make a prediction due to the province’s Atlantic time zone.
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