beaver-dam

"There used to be an old beaver-dam somewheres about here," broke forth

Camp and Trail A Story of the Maine Woods Isabel Hornibrook

We for some days followed the course of a river, at the head of which we found, in a very retired place, a beaver-dam.

History of Louisisana Or of the Western Parts of Virginia and Carolina: Containing -1775 Le Page du Pratz

When I crawled along the edge of the willows this afternoon, I found the outlet of an old creek and a beaver-dam.

The Gold Trail Harold Bindloss 1905

At length the travellers reached a beaver-dam, and so to a little round lake among the bills.

The Silent Places 1904

Then I knew that I had reached the limit of my strength and with the domed mud-tops of the beaver-dam in sight half a mile to the fore, I sank down to rest.

Lords of the North 1903

I leave one horse for you in the valley beyond the beaver-dam.

Lords of the North 1903

When he turned again, it began to slip over the big beaver-dam of Niagara, but still he did not awake.

Woodland Tales Ernest Thompson Seton 1903

It was dark long before we had neared Fort Douglas and the waters swished past with an inky, glassy sheen that vividly recalled the murky pool about the beaver-dam.

Lords of the North 1903

The beaver-dam was huddled close to the clay bank of the far side and on the side, where I ran, the current spread out in a flaggy marsh.

Lords of the North 1903

I was now opposite the beaver-dam and saw with horror there were branches enough floating in mid-stream to entangle the strongest swimmer.

Lords of the North 1903