print email comment close In Depth: Groundhog Day URL: http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/groundhogday/ Description: Background about Groundhog Day (February 2) and groundhogs (or woodchucks). "In Canada, it was 1956 before Wiarton Willie became a household name for his early February prognostications. ... Nova Scotia has Schubenacadie Sam, who's the first in the country to rear his head on Groundhog Day." Includes sidebars with quick facts and related links. From the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). Publisher: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) Extra Keywords Punxsutawney Phil LII Database Information: Record 27418 created by Jennifer English on 12/08/2008 Last modification on 01/13/2009 Published: 01/22/2009   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/27418