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	Wiarton Willy's Inn, Wiarton Ontario, Bruce Peninsula
		Wiarton is a town with a population of 2500 people located on the trough of Colpoys Bay on the South Bruce Peninsula.
		Wiarton is the home of Wiarton Willie, an albino groundhog that predicts the spring weather every February.
		Wiarton Willie now resides in a special house located in front of the Bruce County Library’s Wiarton Branch across from Bluewater Park.
	wiartonwillys.com (239 words)

	Wiarton, Ontario - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Wiarton is a town in Bruce County, Ontario, Canada, on the shore of Colpoys Bay, an inlet off Georgian Bay.
		Wiarton Marina, with the picturesque cliffs of the Niagara Escarpment as a backdrop, on the north shore of Colpoys Bay
		Wiarton is best known for the Wiarton Willie Festival and Wiarton Willie, the albino groundhog who predicts the length of winter every Groundhog day.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wiarton (546 words)

	Wiarton Willie - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Wiarton Willie is a famous Canadian groundhog who lives in the community of Wiarton in Bruce County, Ontario.
		Large crowds of people converge on Wiarton on this day each year, their children in tow, to be present when the four-footed oracle of the spring equinox pops out of his burrow and makes his pronouncement known.
		AP corrected the spelling of the late Wiarton Willie the Groundhog's name, but more significantly, they also had to explain that their photographer had been lied to when he took a photo that purported to show the recently departed creature in his coffin.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wiarton_Willie (936 words)

	Encyclopedia: Wiarton Willie (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The original Wiarton Willie, an albino groundhog said to be 22 years old, died during hibernation during the winter of 1998-99.
		Loyalists insist that Wiarton Willie possessed an uncanny ability to predict because he was born exactly on the 45th parallel, midway between the Equator and the North Pole.
		Wiarton is a pretty town of 2,300 on the Bruce Peninsula between Lake Huron and Georgian Bay.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Wiarton-Willie (818 words)

	Wiarton Bruce Peninsula - Guide To Wiarton - Wiarton Ontario
		Wiarton is located on the Bruce Peninsula between Lake Huron and Georgian Bay.
		Wiarton sits squarely at the head of the long gash in the Niagara Escarpment known as Colpoys Bay.
		Wiarton Willie Festival - Of course winter would not be complete without the fun of the Wiarton Willie Festival - Canada's Foremost Weather Prognosticator Wiarton Willie lives in Wiarton.
	www.thebrucepeninsula.com /wiarton (677 words)

	Fun_People Archive - 2 Mar - Six more months of winter? -- Bye, Willie (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Willie died of natural causes Sunday night, but his death was not disclosed until Tuesday's ceremony.
		Although Willie wasn't on hand to make his last weather prediction, local officials said the "spirit" of Willie indicated there would be an early spring.
		Willie, for the past 10 years the star of Canada's leading Groundhog Day festival, was supposed to make his annual weather prognostication Tuesday.
	www.langston.com /Fun_People/1999/1999AFC.html (471 words)

	CBC News In Depth: Groundhog Day
		The original Wiarton Willie, an albino groundhog said to be 22 years old, died during hibernation during the winter of 1998-99.
		Loyalists insist that Wiarton Willie possessed an uncanny ability to predict because he was born exactly on the 45th parallel, midway between the Equator and the North Pole.
		Wiarton is a pretty town of 2,300 on the Bruce Peninsula between Lake Huron and Georgian Bay.
	www.cbc.ca /news/background/groundhogday (1408 words)

	cancon: columnists: wilson manifesto: Wiarton Willie: Friendly weather prognosticator or mass murderer?
		Fearing major backlash and an impending gap in our weather predicting come March, the good people who maintain Willie released a statement through their website saying that (phew) Willie was alive and safe.
		A recent article in the Owen Sound Sun Times dated September 19, 2003, the battle between Willie and the two fill-ins was over a tunnel from the inside of his Hobbit-hole to the "outside" where he can run freely within the limits of his cage.
		The general impression gotten from the article in the Sun Times was that the two decoys were in the tunnel and Willie, the icon, filled in the exit and subsequently suffocated his two look-alikes.
	www.canadiancontent.ca /features/100103wilson.html (793 words)

	wiarton_willie (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The world came to Wiarton this morning tuning in to the world’s most famous pug-nosed prognosticator.
		And for those of us sick of shoveling, the news was good Wee-Willie did not see his shadow, and as the legend goes, that means what he does see is an early spring.
		Ovid Jackson MP was in attendance Wiarton Mayor Carl Noble, Murdoch and Jackson.
	www.community-focus.com /archive/featuresections/wiarton_willie.asp (254 words)

	Wiarton Willie Lives Here (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Willie is one of many famous albino groundhogs born on the Bruce Peninsula whose mystique is enhanced by his snowy whiteness, his lovely pink eyes and the fact that he was born precisely on the 45th parallel - midway point between the Equator and the North Pole.
		Thousands of visitors come to the area from near and far to be on hand for Willie's prediction and to participate in the weekend of family fun laid on by area service clubs, sports teams and community organizations.
		Willie has been immortalized by Canadian sculptor, Dave Robinson, who sculpted "Willie Emerging", the world's largest stone sculpture of a groundhog.
	www.brucepeninsula.org /willie.htm (276 words)

	The Bruce Peninsula - Waterfront Resort & Motel, Wiarton Ontario
		Wiarton is famous for it's weather predicting groundhog - Wiarton Willie.
		Wiarton is a small town north of Owen Sound.
		The famous Bruce Trail runs through Wiarton on it's way along the rocky shoreline of the Bruce Peninsula to its glorious end in Tobermory.
	www.waterview.ca /wiarton_bruce_peninsula.html (540 words)

	Journey North 1998: Signs of Spring Everywhere
		Wiarton Willie, an albino groundhog, comes out of its burrow on February 2.
		A. Willie is an albino, which is white with pink eyes.
		If something happened to Willy we would pick another groundhog but we would make sure that it would be an albino, that it would be well trained and would do a good job.
	learner.org /jnorth/spring1998/critters/everywhere/willyinterview.html (425 words)

	Punxsutawney Phil Sees Shadow for 100th Time
		WIARTON, Ont. (CP) - The replacement Wiarton Willie took his first tentative steps into the limelight Wednesday and spotted his shadow, forecasting six more weeks of cold winter.
		The albino groundhog, one of two at the ready to replace the death last year of Wiarton Willie, was the first out of his home, thereby earning the title.
		"We couldn't figure out how one of Willie's ancestors could have gotten that far away but the closest we could figure is that he had to get educated in his politics first," joked Sam Brouwer, keeper of the the groundhogs.
	www.rense.com /ufo6/shadow.htm (695 words)

	EXN.ca \| Discovery
		Wiarton Willie has been making predictions for 18 years.
		According to Wiarton Willie, spring is just around the corner.
		Reaume and a few of Willie's other admirers are lobbying their local MP to have Groundhog Day declared a national holiday.
	www.exn.ca /Stories/1997/02/03/02.asp (260 words)

	Imprint Online: News - Goodbye Willie (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Wiarton Willie was born in a field in the year 1976.
		As for accuracy, Wiarton Willie correctly predicted the course of the rest of winter in this area ninety per cent of the time.
		Actually, Wiarton Willie died on the same day the Atlanta Falcons' hopes for a Super Bowl title did (January 31, 1999).
	imprint.uwaterloo.ca /issues/020599/1News/news03.shtml (306 words)

	ScurvyDawg.com - Wiarton Willie suspected in double murder
		Francesca Dobbyn told Wiarton town council on Monday that she knew Wiarton Willie might have killed his two understudies, but hid the facts so the town's summer tourist season wouldn't be hurt.
		Wiarton Willie is an albino groundhog that is brought out every Groundhog Day to predict the coming end of winter.
		The Wiarton Willie Festival held every February generates about $750,000 for the town.
	www.scurvydawg.com /article.php?story=20030923150305883 (222 words)

	Wiarton - South Bruce Peninsula Chamber - Tourist Information
		Nestled against the towering bluffs of the Niagara Escarpment, Wiarton is a thriving four seasons community.
		Founded in 1894 Wiarton is the largest community within the amalgamated municipality of The Town of South Bruce Peninsula.
		Its most famous resident, Wiarton Willie, fuels Wiarton’s international recognition, as part of the Wiarton Willie Festival, which can run as long as 5 days, Wiarton Willie hosts national and often international media for his Groundhog Day prediction.
	wiartonchamber.ca (224 words)

	From the Gunflint Trail, 02/15/99 - Rest in Peace, Wiarton Willie
		"Wiarton Willie" (pronounced Wire-ton Will-ee), an albino groundhog with cute pink eyes, has maintained a 90% accuracy rating since beginning his career in 1956 - pretty good for a glorified rat.
		Shockingly, and this is absolutely true, reporters soon discovered that the body on display, with pennies on his eyes and a carrot in his little paws, wasn't Willie at all, but a substitution from the local taxidermy shop.
		It turns out the pennies were there to hide the glass eyes in the stuffed counterfeit woodchuck and, again, the embarrassed officials were forced to quell a nasty scandal by admitting that by the time they found poor old Willie, he was a little too ripe for a dignified funeral.
	www.birchlake.us /ItemHPages/PageH13.html (798 words)

	The Mayor of Wiarton runs into the vet (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The vet looks at the Mayor and says, "I'm sorry, but the Lab thinks Willie is dead too." The Mayor is still unwilling to accept that Willie is dead.
		The vet looks at The Mayor and says, "I'm sorry, but the Siamese thinks that Willie is dead, too."The Mayor, finally resigned to the diagnosis, thanks the vet and asks how much he owes.
		The vet answers, "$650.00." "$650.00 to tell me that Wiarton Willie is dead?!" exclaims the Mayor."Well," the vet replies, "I would only have charged you $50.00 for my initial diagnosis.
	www.iocc.com /~scoggin/joke43.htm (256 words)

	Fortean Slips: The Zany Zoo Zone (Site not responding. Last check: )
		It's Wiarton Willie who was off the mark.
		An albino groundhog born fourteen years ago, "on the 45th parallel, exactly midway between the Equator and the North Pole" (a distinction which must mean he's in synch with the subtle seasonal nuances of the Earth's axis, or something), Wiarton Willie boasts an accuracy record of 90 percent.
		As wintry weather has dragged into April, public outcry against the faulty forecast has taken the form of calls and letters to Willie's handler and to the town council of Wiarton, which is on Ontario's Bruce Peninsula.
	www.parascope.com /articles/slips/wiarton.htm (367 words)

	Active Low-Carber Forums - spinach and strawberry salad (Site not responding. Last check: )
		(Wiarton Willy had better be right - he saw his shadow, so an early spring..
		Wee Willie has shown the insight of his ancestor and was proclaimed THE Wiarton Willie.
		Well, Willie did not come out at all, and after much impatience and grumbling from the disgruntled crowd, officials took a peak into his mound, and to their utter dismay, found him keeled over DEAD!!
	forum.lowcarber.org /printthread.php?t=464 (399 words)

	Groundhog Day \| Welcome \|
		South Bruce Peninsula to take part in our annual mayhem and festivities, or if you just want to check the beach and boating conditions, here is the latest word from our marmot's good friend, the Environment Canada Weather Office:
		Observed at: Wiarton Airport 12 November 2005 1:00 PM EST
		Wiarton: Issued 11.00 AM EST Saturday 12 November 2005
	www.teledyn.com /fun/GroundhogDay (356 words)

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	Wiarton Willie - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Wiarton Willie - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
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	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Wiarton_Willie (180 words)

	Wiarton Echo, Wiarton, ON
		Cenotaphs across Canada drew record crowds as the signifigance of November 11th has become much stronger with Canadian troops dying in Afghanistan.
		A cool day Sunday, saw one of the largest crowds in recent history attend the ceremonies at the Wiarton Cenotaph.
		Proprietor and published by Bowes Publishers Limited at 573 Berford Street,, Wiarton, Ontario, Canada N0H 2T0
	www.wiartonecho.com (58 words)

	The passion for Punxsutawney Phil dates back to 1886 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		From Sun Prairie, Wis., where they celebrate with Jimmy the Groundhog, to New Iberia, La., where they mark the day with the Cajun groundhog, Pierre C. Shadeaux, to Ontario, Canada, where an albino groundhog, Wiarton Willie, known as Wee Willie, has the honors.
		Pierre, Willie and Jimmy did not, and at least for their followers, it will be an early spring.
		One of Jimmy's followers mentioned Phil's abysmal accuracy rating -- some report it to be as low as 39 percent -- and said since Jimmy started working in 1948 his has been 85 percent.
	www.post-gazette.com /pg/05034/451932.stm (375 words)

	The Toronto Star : Wiarton now a town without Willie @ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In Wiarton, Mayor Al Given trudged through the snow-covered barrens trying to find a successor.
		Well, the toast of Wiarton has become the ghost of Wiarton.
		About the only happy note in the entire sad affair, Brouwer noted, was Willie's dedication.
	static.elibrary.com /t/thetorontostar/february031999/wiartonnowatownwithoutwillie/index.html (168 words)

	ONLINE Chimes: World News (Site not responding. Last check: )
		This paragon of meteorological expertise was known affectionately as “Wiarton Willie” by his compatriots and devotees, and that is how journalists immortalized him in the torrent of obituaries that flooded Canada’s newspapers after his incredibly untimely demise.
		The town of Wiarton, located in Ontario’s Bruce Peninsula, tried to put the best face possible on this storm that had the potential to flatten the community.
		Although Willie had played a major part in some of Wiarton’s annual festivities -- Willie’s Prom Fashion Show, a Snowmobile Poker Rally, and a Pancake Festival were among the events where Willie had been the pole star -- local businesses and celebrations managed to trudge on without him.
	www-stu.calvin.edu /chimes/990219/world_news/world_news1.html (511 words)

	The Toronto Star : Did Wiarton Willie get it right? Odds aren't good, experts say; Groundhog predicts winter will ... (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The rumblings emerging from groundhog burrows yesterday were not what most winter-weary Canadians wanted to hear.
		Wiarton Willie and most of his underground brethren, including Pennsylvania's Punxsutawney Phil, stepped out and spotted their own shadows, which legend tells us signals another six weeks of winter.
		In Wiarton, the groundhog's so-called shadow cabinet of local politicians and service-club members - dressed in pink, purple and white tuxedos - cheered Willie's every move, and praised
	static.highbeam.com /t/thetorontostar/february032004/didwiartonwilliegetitrightoddsarentgoodexpertssayg/index.html (280 words)

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