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Thanksgiving Day: Cardigan, PE

History

The history of Thanksgiving in Canada goes back to an English explorer, Martin Frobisher, who had been futilely attempting to find a northern passage to the Orient. He did, however, establish a settlement in Canada. In the year 1578, Frobisher held a formal ceremony in what is now the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, to give thanks for surviving the long journey. This event is widely considered to be the first Canadian Thanksgiving, and the first official Thanksgiving to occur in North America.

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Thanksgiving Day

October 8, 2012

Thanksgiving Day Forecast

Weather forecast information will be available 14 days before the holiday.

October

Temperature (°C)

  High Low
Average -1.9 -11.2
Record 15
Feb 28, 2000
-26.7
Feb 11, 1948

Precipitation

  Rain (mm) Snow (cm)
Average 30 42
Record 51
Feb 26, 1961
31
Feb 17, 1944
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