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GeoMinute: Canada’s national animal, the beaver

The beaver has been an official symbol of Canada for 50 years, but its presence on this land and its significance to Indigenous people stretch back much farther. Here, we take a brief look at the beaver's role in the development of the country we know as Canada. Read more about the symbolism of the beaver from Canadian Geographic here: https://canadiangeographic.ca/article... And be sure to check out our infographic on how beavers engineer more resilient ecosystems: https://canadiangeographic.ca/article... Credits: • 1851 Beaver Postage stamp. Canadian Museum of History (2001.43). • Europeans trading with a First Nation man. Engraving from “A map of the inhabited part of Canada from the French surveys, with the frontiers of New York and New England” by Claude Joseph Sauthier, engraved by William Faden. London, 1777. Library of Congress (73695741). • “Shooting the Rapids, 1879.” Frances Anne Hopkins. Library and Archives Canada (acc. no. 1989-401-2 / e011180748). • Beaver – Creativity & Wisdom. © Phyllis Poitras-Jarrett (https://www.metisspiritart.ca) • Haida Totem. Shaunl/IStock (1207990363). • Beaver pelts hats - Martin, Horace Tassie. “Castorologia, or, The history and traditions of the Canadian beaver.” Montreal: W. Drysdale; 1892. Page 178. • “Map of New France (parts of United States and Canada.) 1610-1791. To illustrate the Jesuit relations and allied documents.” W.D. Jordan Rare Books and Special Collections, Queen's University Library. • The Deadfall. Martin, Horace Tassie. “Castorologia, or, The history and traditions of the Canadian beaver.” Montreal: W. Drysdale; 1892. Page 152. • “Canada's earliest Industry. Colin Fraser, trader at Fort Chipweyan, sorts fox, beaver, mink & other precious furs.” Unknown photographer. Library and Archives Canada / Ernest Brown fonds (e011303100-012_s1). • “Rapids on the Approach to the Village of the Cedars, Lower Canada, ca. 1838.” By John Richard Coke Smyth. Library and Archives Canada (1970-188-2217). • Beaver. Jillian Cooper/iStock (842493890). This project is made possible in part by the Government of Canada.