Tracks of the Beaver full movie. Documentary film in Disney Hotstar+

Tracks of the Beaver

2004

85 min

Award-winning videographer Peter Crook takes you on a trip along Canadian Pacific's main line between Exshaw, Alberta, and Revelstoke, British Columbia.

Documentary

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