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Game of Thrones star's Alberta trip fuels plot rumours online

Maisie Williams, who plays Arya Stark on the popular HBO series Game of Thrones, has been experiencing winter up close and personal while in the Calgary area.

Maisie Williams is reportedly in Canada for Game of Thrones filming

Games of Thrones star Maisie Williams posted this picture of her in Banff this week. (maisie_williams/Instagram)

Maisie Williams, who plays Arya Stark onGame of Thrones, has been experiencing winter up close and personal while in the Calgary area.

She has been spotted everywhere from Banff to Ducky's a popular karaoke bar in Calgary while she reportedly films scenes for thepopular HBO series expected to return this summer.


She also droppedbyNational on 10th in Calgary recently.

This would bethe third time there has been filming for Game of Thrones in Alberta.

Picturesque Banff photos started showing up on the 19-year-old actor'sInstagram account on Tuesday.

It's widely rumoured she is here to film scenes withInstinct Animals For Film, which provides the wolves in the popular hit series. The wolves are shot against a green screen and made largerto becomedirewolves.

The Alberta company, owned and operated by Andrew Simpson, shared a photo to Instagramof two of its wolves saying they were "ready to work." His 10-year-old Arctic wolf Quigly playsthe part of Jon Snow's direwolf, which has made appearances throughout the show's six seasons.

The company has since locked down its account.

The @instinctwolves Instagram account was recently made private after the Alberta company posted two pictures of wolves "ready to work." (Instagram screenshot)

The images have since made international news, leavingGame of Thronesfanswonderingif it means Williams'character will be reunited with her direwolf Nymeria, who she sent away in season one.

But fans will have to be patient, as an official date for Season 7 has yet to be released.

For now, it seemsWilliams is having a great time in Canada. She even made headlines for tweeting happy birthday to her much taller co-starSophie Turner.