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iancarterb Lyr Req: The Beaver Brig (from Daithi Sproule) (8) RE: Lyr Req: The Beaver Brig 02 Aug 09


There's a replica of a later Beaver in Victoria, paddle wheels and all, within this decade giving the ocasional harbour tour and school group visit, but now tied up at the fishing terminal, apparently a victim of lack of financial support. (I am chagrined that I don't know more about her situation at present.) There is a mention of her -'Best boat since the Beaver'- in a Bob Bossin song called Towboats, an early and typically quirky Bossin tune (I think one his best) that I first heard in the early 80s in the Queen Charlotte Islands from a naturalist and concertina picker named Bob Sutherland. Really nothing to do with the Beaver per se, but the comparison speaks to the reknown of the name and of the original ship and her successors. Here's the wiki link-
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