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Themed land at Disney theme parks

Critter Country is one of the "themed lands" at Disneyland Park and Tokyo Disneyland run by The Walt Disney Company and The Oriental Land Company. It originally opened as Bear Country at Disneyland Park in 1972, with the Country Bear Jamboree (1972–2001) as its centerpiece. In 1988 it was renamed Critter Country to prepare for the park's opening of Splash Mountain (1989–2023).

Critter Country was originally named Indian Village. From 1956–1971, this section of Frontierland was a showcase of Native American culture, including the arts and architecture of several regions, a multi tribal dance show, and the Indian War Canoes. The new four acre land, which cost $8 million to build, was Disneyland's first major expansion since the 1969 opening of The Haunted Mansion in New Orleans Square. Located in the northwest quadrant of the park, Bear Country was themed to the forests of the Pacific Northwest. Critter Country was inspired by a quote from Disney's 1946 film Song of the South, which Splash Mountain was based on: "Where the folks are closer to the critters and the critters are closer to the folks." Splash Mountain closed on May 31, 2023.

When Splash Mountain opened at Tokyo Disneyland, Critter Country was specifically created for it. The other attraction in this area is Beaver Brothers Explorer Canoes (formerly Davy Crockett's Explorer Canoes in Westernland). Because of the land's small size and the popularity of Splash Mountain, Critter Country is extremely crowded throughout the day. Characters from backstory material written for the American versions of Splash Mountain to explain how Chickapin Hill came to be flooded are visualized within Tokyo's Critter Country, with the Beaver Brothers having built a dam that was destroyed by an exploding moonshine still owned by saloon owner Rackety Raccoon.