I am next to useless in cold weather. But the Canadians are always busy. This was a fun look at how Vancouver is managing the colder months…

A Beaver and Pond Hockey in Downtown Vancouver (PHOTOS)

didn’t think that my winter walk on the edge of Downtown Vancouver could get more quintessentially Canadian than when I spotted a beaver after watching some pond hockey players adorned in toques glide around Lost Lagoon.

Chris, a beaver expert from the Beatty Biodiversity Museum UBC told the Stanley Park Ecology Society:

The beavers’ work can easily be seen on the walk, from the trees which they have knocked down to the lodge which they have built. Looking out onto Lost Lagoon, Chris explains how “lots of people call them dams, but the one here is actually a lodge. The beavers here actually don’t really make their dams as much because it doesn’t really freeze, so they don’t have to worry about creating deep water.”