page_title: White River, Ontario
section_title: Climate
hierarchical_section_title: White River, Ontario / Climate
caption_attribution_description: English: A highway sign in White River, Ontario promoting the town as "The Coldest Spot in Canada – 72 below Zero". The photo was taken in 1973 when Fahrenheit was still the most commonly used temperature scale in Canada, being replaced by Celsius later in the decade.White River advertises itself as "The Coldest Spot in Canada" with recorded temperatures as low as −72&#160;°F (−58&#160;°C). However, this is a myth as the coldest temperature in Canada has been recorded in Snag, Yukon, at −62.8&#160;°C on 3 February 1947. Even in Ontario, the coldest place is Iroquois Falls at −58.3&#160;°C (23 January 1935), which is the lowest temperature reported in Eastern Canada too. White River's reputation for coldest area is probably based on the fact that for many years its reported temperature was deemed "the coldest in the nation today" from the handful of stations reporting daily temperature extremes in newspapers and on radio, climatological stations data being only available monthly to Environment Canada.
context_page_description: White River is a township located in Ontario, Canada, on the intersection of Highway 17 and Highway 631. It was originally set up as a rail town on the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1885. In 1961, it was finally made accessible by car via Highway 17 of the Trans-Canada Highway.
  The forest industry was the largest employer until 2007, when the Domtar mill shut down. In 2013, the Domtar assets were purchased by the Township of White River and the Pic Mobert First Nation along with private partners. The mill was then reopened, with significant investment in new equipment, as White River Forest Products LP.
  The township is perhaps best known for being the home of Winnie the Pooh. In August 1914, a trapped black bear cub was sold to Captain Harry Colebourn in White River, and Colebourn named it Winnipeg, or Winnie, after his hometown of Winnipeg, Manitoba. Over the years, the animal became the basis for the popular literary character.
  The town celebrates "Winnie's Hometown Festival" every third week in August.
context_section_description: White River advertises itself as "The Coldest Spot in Canada"  with recorded temperatures as low as −58 °C (−72 °F). However, this is a myth, as the coldest temperature in Canada was recorded in Snag, Yukon, at −62.8 °C (−81.0 °F) on 3 February 1947. Even in Ontario, the coldest recorded temperature was in Iroquois Falls on 23 January 1935 [−58.3 °C (−72.9 °F)], which is also the lowest temperature ever recorded in Eastern Canada. White River's reputation for being the "coldest spot" is probably based on the fact that for many years, its reported temperature was deemed "the coldest in the nation today" from the handful of stations reporting daily temperature extremes in newspapers and on radio, with most stations' data being available only on a monthly basis to Environment Canada at the time.
  Its official weather station (which closed in 1976) was located in a frost hollow, but most residential areas have good air drainage and do not see temperatures far below −40 °C (−40 °F). Gardeners can keep their flowers alive into October and grow non-boreal species such as silver maple.
caption: A highway sign in 1973 promoting White River as the "Coldest Spot in Canada".
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