The Beaver, Canada’s National Symbol | How to be Canadian, Eh?

April 7 is International Beaver Day and we explore the importance of the Beaver to Canada and how it became our national symbol. We delve into First Nation myths about the beaver, the fur trade, and how the beaver has influenced Canadians. We then follow up with 10 facts about beavers. #BeaverCanada Ways you can support our channel: 🔔 Subscribe and hit the notification bell - it doesn&cost you anything 👍 Like the video! 💬 Comment - because we love to hear from you! 🔗 Share the video with anyone you think would enjoy it The above things really help us out, and we greatly appreciate your support! 📸 INSTAGRAM 💻 FACEBOOK 🛒 Shop Amazon 🎵 Music from Epidemic Sound: Affiliate Links – We may earn a small commission off the affiliate links above. There is no cost you, but it does help us out tremendously with continuing to make great videos. We only recommend products we use and find are good quality. 🎬 Timeline: 0:00 Introduction 0:37 First Nation Myths 1:30 Fashion and the Fur Trade 3:21 Beaver as an Icon in Canada 3:59 Royal assent as National Symbol 4:09 Beaver Facts 🎞Media: -Haida Beaver - unknown -Haida Beaver Mask by Reg Davidson -Totem pole with dancers - The National Observer June 6th 2019 -Tsimshian photo simshian photographer Benjamin Alfred Haldane (1874-1941 -“Beaver Dam" by GrandTetonNPS is marked with CC PDM 1.0 -Beaver hat cartoon /www.hbcheritage.ca/ -“Hudson&Bay Company Fur Trading Fort" by sailor_smb is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 -David...