Story by Ana Young, photos by Maddie Wray
Where can you find a steampunk glasses, an aquamarine octopus hat and Tooth Beaver Ginsburg? Only at Durham’s Beaver Queen Festival, a fundraiser for the Ellerbe Creek Watershed Association.
The festival, now in its 18th year, drew hundreds to Duke Park on a recent Saturday for parades, food trucks and its trademark beaver-themed beauty pageant.
Reporter Ana Young and photographer Maddie Wray visited the Beaver Queen Festival and brought back a sampling of the sights and sounds from a quintessentially Bull City event.
Above: ‘Tinder Beaver’ takes the crown at this year’s Beaver Queen Festival. Photo by Maddie Wray — The 9th Street Journal