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Toronto was once home to giant beavers that are now extinct

Chris Middleton

created: May 13, 2025, 3:51 p.m. | updated: May 14, 2025, 3:58 p.m.

Evergreen Brick Works has become one of Toronto’s most beloved event spaces, where you can find anything from outdoor winter markets to sunny eating experiences. At the bottom of these cliffs, Coleman discovered a giant tooth, believed to belong to a giant beaver. Giant beavers were primarily aquatic, feeding on submerged vegetation, and, unlike modern-day beavers, didn't have the stomach for wood. Freezing outUnfortunately, after around two million years of living the swamp life, the next Ice Age began, and the giant beavers were forced south. Going greenIt was during the Great Depression, when non-essential building was put on pause, that the then Toronto Brick Company started to collapse — literally.

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