The first day of fall seemed more like the first day of winter in the Prairies as temperatures plummeted and snow fell.
People from across Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta snapped pictures of the mini-snowpocalypse on Saturday.
The snowfall amounts were so significant that they toppled trees and took out power lines in parts of Manitoba, forcing some residents to spend the night in the dark.
And we had snow out here in the western part of the province yesterday. You should check the news once in a while. This pic was taken near Austin yesterday. Thatâs snow in the picture. In Manitoba. Before the hour of the equinox last night.
â Kerri of the North (@KerrioftheNorth)
Visiting in Carbery Manitoba lots of potatoes t dig yet here 4 in Of snow on rail
â Leonard Waldner (@Gleaners77)
We require an emergency outage for customers in the rural area of Blumenort today to replace a pole. Outage will be a few hours. Please be safe today while driving.
â Manitoba Hydro (@manitobahydro)
In Saskatchewan, the wintry weather led to several collisions. A semi-truck jackknifed onto its side near Kenaston, just south of Saskatoon, Sask., as snow and ice caked Highway 11. Meanwhile, two cars collided just south of Lumsden.
Lumsden resident Cherie Kowalyshyn told CTV Regina that it felt more like the first day of winter than the first day of fall.
âI'm pretty sure I've never had to have mitts on the first day of fall,â she said.
6 inches of wet snow, cars, vans, trucks, and campers hitting the ditch. But hold on the Saskatchewan department of highways is out cruising around with no snow plow. Met 4 of them yesterday. WTF
â Dwight Pomedli (@DPomedli)
Elfros Saskatchewan, lots of snow, 60% done 4000 acres of canola and oats to go.
â Dwight Pomedli (@DPomedli)
Snow near Regina Canada
â Hunter (@weatherenc)
The early snowfall put a damper on Lumsdenâs annual Brechin Scarecrow Festival, leading to the cancellation of the market and hayride.
Bill King, president of the Lumsden museum and festival committee member, called the weather âa downer.â
âIt's an outdoor event so we really count on having good weather,â King said.
Similarly wintry weather prevented produce vendors in Edmontonâs city market from selling all of their fruits and vegetables. Temperatures in the city were
Vendor Conrad Lutz was among those whose sales suffered. âWe just (didnât) get all that kind of traffic that would come because itâs a nice day out,â he said. âWe kind of missed those sales.â
The cold temperatures arenât expected to stay. Edmonton, Saskatoon and Portage La Prairie are all expected to hit double-digits on Monday.
With files from CTV Reginaâs Cole Davenport and CTV Edmonton