Nova Scotians can join Sam for the groundhog\u2019s annual forecast in person or watch it livestreamed on the park\u2019s Facebook page. Sam will be joined by a groundhog mascot to help celebrate Groundhog Day in style.
\u201cOur annual Groundhog Day celebration is a fun tradition for many Nova Scotia families,\u201d said Tory Rushton, Minister of Natural Resources and Renewables. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI\u2019m always hopeful Sam will predict an early spring, but either way, this is a much-anticipated event every year.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”190″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”78″] The park will host an event focused on wetlands on February 3 and 4. ADVERTISEMENT:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate group=”2″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n Quick Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n – the groundhog\u2019s scientific name is Marmota monax, one of 14 types of marmot that can be found in the Northern Hemisphere<\/p>\n\n\n\n – except for Groundhog Day, Shubenacadie Wildlife Park is open only on weekends during winter, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n – this year\u2019s event will take place in the parking lot of Shubenacadie Wildlife Park<\/p>\n\n\n\n – World Wetlands Day was established by the United Nations and is celebrated internationally<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”67″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”115″]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [adrotate banner=”192″] [adrotate banner=”111″] SHUBENACADIE: With a bevy activities planned at Shubenacadie WIldlife Park, Shubenacadie Sam, will signal Feb. 2 whether it\u2019s time to put away the shovels or keep them out for another six weeks of winter. Nova Scotians can join Sam for the groundhog\u2019s annual forecast in person or watch it livestreamed on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":42392,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[965,957],"tags":[196,6065,48,6066,6067],"class_list":["post-42384","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-east-hants","category-news","tag-east-hants","tag-groundhig-day","tag-n-s","tag-shubenacadie-sam","tag-wildlife-park"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=42384"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42384\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/42392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=42384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=42384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=42384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Folklore says winter will last for six more weeks if the groundhog sees its shadow, while no shadow is a sign of an early spring.
February 2 is also World Wetlands Day. Wetlands support biodiversity and many species at risk and help mitigate the effects of floods and droughts by acting as a sponge on the landscape. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The park is open from 7:30 to 10:30 a.m. on Groundhog Day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/942794_1707360246147249_8403475626547630068_n.jpg\")