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A group of white-tailed deer were on hand to make the winter wonderland complete as the City of Gatineau unveiled the Snowflake Kingdom Thursday morning.

Director of communications Jean Boileau was getting ready for the event at Jacques Cartier Park, which turns into a playground of snow sculptures and slides for Winterlude Feb. 1-18, when he spotted the deer on the ice.

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He captured images on a compact camera he always carries and shared them on Twitter.

The quartet — two adult deer and two young ones — explored the territory near the Macdonald-Cartier Bridge, under the gaze of Global Affairs Canada on the Ottawa side.

The “Bambi family is coming to Winterlude!” Boileau quipped.

For more on Winterlude, visit: https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/campaigns/winterlude/destinations.html#a1