A North American beaver photographed in Whistler, British Columbia. Source metadata reports generative-AI editing; the extent of alteration is not established. Illustrative image, not unaltered documentary evidence. North American beaver (Castor canadensis) swimming Whistler · Original title: Sharp Photography, sharpphotography.co.uk · Charles J. Sharp · Photo source · CC BY-SA 4.0. Resized for display; card previews may be cropped. The image remains under the licence shown.
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The beaver became an official Canadian symbol on 24 March 1975.
Scope & context
Official recognition came after a much longer history of association with the land and its peoples.
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