Despite his swanky surroundings, Roger the invasive marmot wasnB次元官网网址檛 expected to survive long after hitchhiking to Victoria.

Imagined adventures of the yellow-bellied marmot that famously lives near the Fairmont Empress Hotel are the subject of local author Kathleen LynchB次元官网网址檚 new childrenB次元官网网址� book B次元官网网址� The Legend of Roger the Marmot: A Tourist Who Stayed.

Most believe Roger arrived in Victoria in 2008 as a stowaway in a delivery van.

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The species is not native to Vancouver Island and it was decided he should be deported to be with others of his species. Despite several trapping missions, Roger remains at large.

Since Roger, named for one of the hotelB次元官网网址檚 former managers, couldnB次元官网网址檛 be enticed by peanut butter traps, heB次元官网网址檚 become a favourite of hotel guests and employees alike.

The Legend of Roger the Marmot: A Tourist Who Stayed, is an illustrated poem available at Bolen Books and Victoria Art Gallery gift shop.

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