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A 16-foot-tall fibreglass beaver monument on Main Street South in Dauphin, Manitoba, according to the Manitoba Historical Society. The society says it was designed by Winnipeg artist Ross Owen and built in 1967 as a Canadian centennial project, and that it was named Amisk in a contest in local elementary schools.
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Amisk the Beaver Monument
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According to the Manitoba Historical Society, Dauphin, Manitoba has a 16-foot beaver monument. The society says it was named Amisk in a contest in local elementary schools.
The society's Historic Sites of Manitoba entry, headed Amisk the Beaver Monument (Main Street South, Dauphin), describes a "16-foot-tall fibreglass monument" on Main Street South in Dauphin, designed by Winnipeg artist Ross Owen and built in 1967 as a Canadian centennial project.
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On Main Street South in Dauphin, Manitoba, according to the Manitoba Historical Society, which gives no street number.
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