Till today that I know Winnie is one of the Canadian symbols, along with Bluenose, National flags, Grey Owl, Les Voltigeurs de Quebec and Sam Steele. It does exist a bear named winnipeg, owned by Captain Harry Colebourn, an army veterinary surgeon in the Canadian military.In 1915, as World War I raged, Captain Colebourn was sent to the front in France. Unable to take Winnipeg along, he donated her to the London Zoo, where she quickly became a star attraction.
Captivated by Winnipeg, who gave zoo patrons piggyback rides around the zoo and ate treats from their hands, Christopher Robin urged his father to take her home. Instead, Milne transformed Winnipeg into the hero of a classic childhood story, "Winnie-the-Pooh." This unusual name is a combination of the nickname London zoo patrons gave Winnipeg, and the name of Christopher Robin's pet swan, Pooh. The Pooh stories describe the explorations of a lovable bear and his friends - Piglet, Tigger and Eeyore - in the innocent world of childhood, demonstrating the value of friendship and pots of honey.
How lovely it is, isn't it?
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Thanks for writing this.
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