After 90 years, the magazine which gets its moniker from our national rodent is getting a name change. The Beaver will become Canada's History once it hits newstands in the spring.
Started by the Hudson's Bay Company in 1920 as a project to mark the company's 250 years of history, the name "reflected the company's northern fur-trading ventures," writes Deborah Morison, president of the Canadian National History Society, in an essay remarking on the magazine's own history. But, tired of the jokes and misconceptions, the society has decided on a change.
Do you like the new name, Canada's History, or do you prefer the old?
LINKS: The beaver, a national emblem, by Canadian Heritage | The Beaver's name passes into history in The Globe and Mail
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