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Canada Day and the Great Beaver Quest

Friday July 3, 2026

I've been slowly readjusting to Toronto time, but without any real need to stay awake during the day, it's been slow and relaxed, with lots of naps. I did do some work on my website, which I'll be showing off here: a new gallery widget! For Canada Day, we went around Old Town Toronto, for the Great Beaver Quest. Basically a scavenger hunt, the Old Town BIA had 51 beavers commissioned in honour of the World Cup, 48 of them representing the competing countries, 2 extras representing the world and one for Old Town Toronto. We solved some basic clues to track down all of them, bar the USA one which had been unfortunately destroyed. Some of the businesses housing the beavers were closed on Canada Day, so I had to come back later to snap a picture of the beaver, but here they all are!

Algeria
Algeria
Argentina
Argentina
Australia
Australia
Austria
Austria
Belgium
Belgium
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Brazil
Brazil
Cabo Verde
Cabo Verde
Canada
Canada
Colombia
Colombia
Congo
Congo
Cote d'Ivoire
Cote d'Ivoire
Croatia
Croatia
Curacao
Curacao
Czechia
Czechia
Ecuador
Ecuador
Egypt
Egypt
England
England
France
France
Germany
Germany
Ghana
Ghana
Haiti
Haiti
Iran
Iran
Iraq
Iraq
Japan
Japan
Jordan
Jordan
Korea
Korea
Mexico
Mexico
Morocco
Morocco
Netherlands
Netherlands
New Zealand
New Zealand
Norway
Norway
Panama
Panama
Paraguay
Paraguay
Portugal
Portugal
Qatar
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia
Scotland
Scotland
Senegal
Senegal
South Africa
South Africa
Spain
Spain
Sweden
Sweden
Switzerland
Switzerland
Tunisia
Tunisia
Turkiye
Turkiye
Uruguay
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan
World Beaver
World Beaver
49th Beaver
49th Beaver
Old Town Toronto
Old Town Toronto


Of note, naturally, is the New Zealand one, which has the whakataukī (Maori proverb) Kia kaha, Kia māia, Kia manawanui, which is an incredibly beautiful and powerful phrase: Be strong, Be brave, Be steadfast. The heat was almost unbearable though, hitting 35C in the middle of the day. It took us just over 3 hours to find them all, but it's such a great way to get people out and about, even if we don't even really care about the World Cup.

Posted by Jeremy at 9:31pm on Friday July 3, 2026 :: 0 comments ::

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