Annual celebration of local natural phenomena in your area?

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What is a pawpaw festival?

We don't even have a local bison festival...bison is native to Alberta. I know it sounds carnivorous but remember it was part of the diet and culture of the Plains Indians across the prairies in Canada and US. Yes, the biggest protected herd of bison (900 head) is in national park 400 km. north of us. But it is easily raised on ranchland across Alberta compared to other parts of Canada.

We have chinook wind phenomena which are strong winds which bring in warm air that suddenly melt snow..and they can blow strong that causes very rapid temperature rise 15 - 20 degree C within 1 day. It can be nuts because of so much clothing to carry around while biking. So how does one celebrate chinook wind? OUr location is one of only 3 places in the world that experience this type of wind (partially comes off from nearby mountains). Well here's a manhole cover.

We don't celebrate the tiny prairie gophers that whistle, run around and noticeable in hilly ridges, to an ex-Ontarian/British Columbian like myself.

Though we get snowy winters (except for this year) we don't have an annual winter festival. I think we prefer to celebrate it in pure mountain lush deep white pure snow in the Rockies 100 km. north of us. East, Quebec City has Winterlude which seems to me, a slightly Quebecois flavour and bonhomie.

Sure we have a Lilac Weekend more as a retail business weekend rather than celebrating lilacs....which by the way, are rare in our City/prairies. There are swaths of lilac bushes and trees in southern Ontario along roads and in neighbourhoods.