July 28-29 Do muskcrats have musks?

We stayed the next 2 nights at the Port of Orillia.  The first day we went exploring the town in the morning.  When we returned, the staff at the marina came running toward us from the boat.  They were trying to get the muskcrats out of our exhaust pipes !!  They occasionally have problems here with muskcrats getting into the exhaust tubes and chewing away at the things, then setting up a nest.  So, I saw on swimming into and out of the exhaust and I scared it away – well, I tried to scare it.  The critter was aggressive and did not respond to my threats until I tried to hit it with a boat hook.  After it swam away, I stuffed the exhaust outlets with lifejackets to keep them out.   That night we saw a play called ”I Love You, Your perfect, Now Change “,  a musical, with only 4 actors but it was very well done.  What’s more is that it was performed in the same building as the Gordon Lightfoot auditorium !   He was born here and started his singing career here in Orillia.  The pic below shows the sign for the Orillia coming into port, then a pic of lifevests stuffed into exhausts.  Finally, a pic of the picturesque parks of Orillia that lined the waterfront where we stayed.   The next day it was raining hard, with thunder crashing and high winds.  We just holed up in the boat for the entire day and evening.