11 June 2020 – Snowplows travelling up and down the street and green trees covered in white isn’t something you want to wake up to on a June morning, but that’s just what greeted several communities in Northwestern Ontario.”

Pickle Lake saw a rare heavy dumping of June snow on Thursday and is currently without power.

Parts of Northwestern Ontario received a rare dumping of June snow, with Pickle Lake seeing as much as 10 centimetres with snow still falling Thursday morning.

Several trees are down in certain areas due to the heavy wet snow and the municipality is experiencing a power outage town-wide due to trees that are suspected to have fallen on power lines.

Hydro One crews have been dispatched from Dryden to get the power back on.

The amount on the ground took even long-time residents by surprise.

“It is quite unusual to get snow in June,” said Jamie Hussey, clerk treasurer with the municipality of Pickle Lake. “It has definitely happened before. I’ve heard from a lot of people who lived here for a very long time that this is probably the most they have seen in June for a long time.”

Looks like a late September day

“It’s still falling from the sky right now. It looks like a late September day in Pickle Lake minus the fact that the trees are green and not yellow.”

Motorists are advised to use extra caution on area roadways.

https://www.tbnewswatch.com/local-news/parts-of-northwestern-ontario-receive-10-cm-of-june-snow-5-photos-2427376

A late September day? These photos make it look like a winter day.
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Thanks to Argiris Diamantis for these links

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June 12, 2020 at 07:25PM