“Winter is coming,” the oft-repeated words of the Stark family in Game of Thrones, are practically Canada’s unofficial motto. In fact, in parts of the country, winter is already here: in the Arctic, the sea ice has come in, and the Prairies have had snow on the ground for weeks now. Even balmy Vancouver experienced an uncharacteristic autumn snowfall earlier this month. 

For this week’s online edition of In a snap, we have decided to embrace winter and round up 10 photos showcasing seasonal scenes from across Canada. From Roland Bast‘s frozen scene of Meech Lake in Gatineau Park to Weronika Murray‘s stunning image of the new Inuvik-Tuktoyaktuk Highway on its opening day (a highway Ray Hyland wrote about here), these wintry wonderlands have us dreaming of snowshoes and hot cocoa.  

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Seal River, Man.

 

A post shared by Ignacio Yúfera (@ignacio_yufera) on Nov 16, 2017 at 6:31am PST

Inuvik-Tuktoyaktuk Highway

 

A post shared by Weronika Murray (@weronikamurray) on Nov 15, 2017 at 11:51pm PST

Banff National Park

 

A post shared by Matt Scobel (@mattscobel) on Nov 17, 2017 at 12:08pm PST

Jasper National Park

 

A post shared by Daniel (@tessmanndan) on Nov 16, 2017 at 3:45pm PST

Canadian Rockies, B.C.

 

A post shared by Gagan Khaira (@gaganskhaira) on Nov 16, 2017 at 3:29pm PST

Churchill, Man.

 

A post shared by Alex de Vries-Magnifico (@discover_churchill) on Nov 16, 2017 at 9:54am PST

Meech Lake, Gatineau, Que.

 

A post shared by Roland Bast (@rolandbast) on Nov 17, 2017 at 6:48am PST

Edmonton, Alta.

 

A post shared by Valerie Sawatzky (@mama.sawatzky) on Nov 16, 2017 at 9:27am PST

Wascana Lake, Sask.

 

A post shared by Mathew Lix (@mathewlix) on Nov 17, 2017 at 10:41am PST

Walker Woods Trail, Goodwood, Ont.

 

A post shared by Eric Batty (@ericbatty) on Nov 15, 2017 at 5:34am PST

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