The Great Root Bear is the mascot for A&W Root Beer, an Americansoft drink. It was first used in 1974 by Canada's A&W, and was later adopted by the American chain. When the Burger Family was re-introduced to Canadian A&Ws in the late 1990s, the Great Root Bear was phased out. A&W Root Beer, now the most popular root beer in the United States, was first brewed in June 1919, in Lodi, California by Roy Allen at a parade for returning World War I veterans. ... A soft drink is a drink that contains no alcohol. ... 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ...
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In winter, goes a Micmac version, the bear (represented by the four bright stars of the dipper's cup, upside down) is on her back in death.
The bear who, as you can see for yourself, has traveled past your campsite in the night is the descendant - the same bear - as the one circling the pole star year in and year out.
I track bear in my imagination only, and if I ever come face to face with a living, growling fl bear in the settled boreal woods of central Maine, it will be by sheer chance, or fate.