Beaver (disambiguation)

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Beaver may refer to:

• Beaver, the animal
  • North American Beaver (Canadian Beaver)
  • Eurasian Beaver
  • Giant Beaver (extinct)
• Beaver (surname)
• Beavers (surname)
• Beaver Scouts (disambiguation), multiple Scouting groups with the name
• Beaver fraternal orders
• Beaver hat, a style of headgear
• Nickname of Theodore Cleaver, the main character on the American television sitcom Leave it To Beaver (1957–1963)
• The Angry Beavers, a 1997 Nickelodeon cartoon
• The Beaver, the former title of Canada's History magazine
• Beaver (band), a stoner rock band from the Netherlands
• Beaver cloth, a woven or plush fabric with a thick nap
• The Beaver (film), a 2011 comedy-drama film
• Beaver (singer) (1950–2010), birth name Beverley Morrison, New Zealand singer
• the Dane-zaa, an indigenous people in Western Canada, formerly commonly known as the Beaver people
  • Danezaa language, their language
• Tony Beaver, a character from American folklore
• A vulgar term for female pubic hair or vulva

Sports and games

• Portland Beavers, a minor league baseball team of the Pacific Coast League
• Oregon State Beavers, the sports teams of Oregon State University
• An optional gambling rule in backgammon
• Steven Menzies (Steve "Beaver" Menzies), Australian rugby league footballer
• Bemidji State Beavers, the sports teams of Bemidji State University, including their 2009 Frozen Four men's hockey program
• MIT Engineers, the sports teams of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, use the beaver as their mascot

Academia

• Arcadia University, formerly Beaver College
• The Beaver (newspaper), the London School of Economics student newspaper
• Beaver Country Day School, in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts

Scientific and technical

• Beaver Rover, a proposed rover for the Northern Light-spacecraft to Mars
• Busy beaver machines, a concept in computability theory

Transportation

Aviation

• De Havilland Canada DHC-2 Beaver aircraft
• Spectrum Beaver ultralight aircraft

Maritime

• HMS Beaver, the name of ten ships of the Royal Navy
• SS Beaver, a steamship important in the history of British Columbia
• USS Beaver (AS-5), U.S. Navy submarine tender, 1918–1946

Rail

• a named passenger train operated by the Southern Pacific Railroad

Road

• Beaver (armored bridgelayer vehicle), a Canadian armoured bridgelayer based on the Leopard 1 tank

Communities

United States

• Beaver, Alaska
• Beaver, Arkansas
• Beaver, Iowa
• Beaver, Kentucky
• Beaver, Minnesota
• Beaver, Ohio
• Beaver, Oklahoma
• Beaver, Oregon
• Beaver, Pennsylvania
• Big Beaver, Pennsylvania
• Beaver, Utah
• Beaver, Washington
• Beaver, West Virginia
• Beaver, Wisconsin (disambiguation), multiple places with the name
• Beaver City, Nebraska
• Beaver County, Pennsylvania
• Beaver Cove (disambiguation), one of five communities in Canada
  • Beaver Cove (British Columbia), a cove in British Columbia that is the site of one of those communities
  • Beaver Harbour (disambiguation), another body of water in the same area, which was like Beaver Cove named for the SS Beaver
• Beaver Township, Michigan (disambiguation), multiple places with the name
• Beaver Township, Minnesota (disambiguation), multiple places with the name
• Beaver Township, Nebraska (disambiguation), multiple places with the name
• Beaver Township, Pike County, Ohio
• Beaver Township, Pennsylvania (disambiguation), multiple places with the name

Canada

• Beaver River (electoral district), a federal political riding in Alberta, Canada
• Beaver River, Nova Scotia, a village in southwestern Nova Scotia

United Kingdom

• Belvoir Castle Pronounced "beaver", Belvoir Castle is a stately home in Leicestershire
• Vale of Belvoir Pronounced "beaver", an area of natural beauty on the borders of Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire

Streams

United States

• Beaver River (New York), a tributary of the Black River in New York
• Beaver River (Oklahoma), a river in Oklahoma
• Beaver River (Pennsylvania), a tributary of the Ohio River in Pennsylvania
• Beaver River (Rhode Island), a river in Rhode Island
• Beaver River (Utah), a river in Utah

Canada

• Beaver River (Columbia River), a tributary of the Columbia River located in the East Kootenay region of British Columbia
• Ontario:
  • Beaver River (Grey County), a tributary of Lake Huron
  • Beaver River (Kapiskau River), in northeastern Kenora District
  • Beaver River (Lake Simcoe), flowing into southeast Lake Simcoe
  • Beaver River (Severn River), in northwestern Kenora District
  • Beaver River (Thunder Bay District), a tributary of the Firesteel River
• Beaver River (Canada), a river in Saskatchewan and Alberta
• Yukon
  • Beaver River (Liard River), a tributary of the Liard River in the southwest of the territory also crossing into British Columbia
  • Beaver River (Stewart River), a tributary of the Stewart River in the central portions of the territory

Other uses

• Beaver Group, a group of companies specialising in digital signage, web and graphic design
• Silver Beaver Award of the Boy Scouts of America
• Beaver Tribe, a former name for the Danezaa people living along the Peace River in Canada
• Beaver Club, a promotional vehicle associated with former Butlins holiday camps
• Beaver, a character from the children's television series Franklin

See also

• Eager beaver (disambiguation)
• Beevers (surname)