Beaver (disambiguation)
Wikimedia disambiguation page
The beaver is a large semiaquatic rodent.
Beaver or The Beaver may also refer to:
Arts, entertainment and media
Fictional characters
Beaver Cleaver, in the Leave It to Beaver TV series (1957–1963)
Cassidy "Beaver" Casablancas, in Veronica Mars, a 2000s teen drama TV series
Beaver, in the Franklin preschool franchise
Tony Beaver, in American folklore
Mr. and Mrs. Beaver, in Narnia, a 1950 fantasy world created by C. S. Lewis
Goodman Beaver, in 1950s/1960s comics by Harvey Kurtzman
Films
The Beaver (film), a 2011 dark comedy
Beavers (film), a 1988 IMAX documentary
The Beaver Trilogy, a 2001 documentary
Periodicals
The Beaver (newspaper), the London School of Economics' student newspaper
The Beaver, now Canada's History magazine
Other uses in arts and entertainment
The Beaver (fable), from Aesop's fables
The Beavers, a statue in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
Beaver (band), a stoner rock band from the Netherlands
The Beaver, the name of the Canadian Comedy Awards trophy
Beaver, an optional gambling rule in backgammon
"Beavers", a Series B episode of the television series QI (2004)
Businesses
Beaver Motorcoach Corporation, a defunct American bus manufacturer
Education
Beaver College, now Arcadia University, Glenside, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Beaver Country Day School, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, U.S.
Beaver Local High School, St. Clair Township, Ohio, U.S.
Beavers (Scouting), programme for children aged 5 to 8
People
Beaver (surname), including a list of people with the name
Beavers (surname), including a list of people with the name
Beaver (singer) (Beverley Jean Morrison, 1950–2010), a New Zealand jazz singer
Dane-zaa, historically known as the Beaver tribe, a First Nations people in Canada
Beaver First Nation, or the Beavers, a Canadian First Nation government or band
Dane-zaa language, once known as Beaver
Beaver Harris (William Godvin Harris, 1936–1991), an American jazz drummer
Steve Menzies (b.
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