While at Boya Lake, we walked the 3 km beaver dam hike and revisited the tree with the grizzly bear claw marks we’d seen three years ago. Turns out it is a favourite sharpening spot and many other gouges have been added - all about seven feet up the tree. But all of them seemed old enough that Bill kept his bear spray in the holster…
The beaver dam must be tripled in size and is now holding about five feet of lake behind it. An amazing feat for the furry, orange-toothed creatures.
Later Bill went for an evening kayak and had three of the beavers play acting as great white sharks circling his boat and trying to convince him to leave. He took the hint in order to avoid stressing them and didn’t tell the one that his fake dorsal fin had slipped off.
Really, like the bears lying in dandelion fields on our first trip, the beavers were the star attraction this time. We saw them a number of times in a number of places, usually on evening walks, as well as closeups of successful and unsuccessful long-toothed wedges they left behind.
I feel proud of this Canadian symbol. Peaceful, determined, and hard-working, when you look at the product of their efforts, it seems they are always optimistic if at times unrealistic. As WMR says, "They punch above their weight."
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| Beaver Dam - lake behind dam is about five feet higher |
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| Dang! I hate it when that happens! |
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| No! Not that way... |
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