Subj : Strange a bit
To   : ED VANCE
From : Mike Powell
Date : Wed Oct 16 2024 10:02:00

> Coffee News is a newsletter found in local restaurants
> .
> In the October 14, 2024 edition is this:

> A. A. Milne, the author of Winnie-the-Pooh, didn't invent the bear's name. His
> son, Christopher Robin Milne, called his own teddy bear Winnie after a visit t
> the London Zoo, where he saw a bear named for Winnipeg, Manitoba (Canada).

Slightly OT but, in 2017, I visited White River, Ontario, the town where
Winnie was found.  The bear was named after the hometown of the Canadian
cavalry Captain who adopted the orphan bear in 1914.  It became the mascot
for their brigade while they were stationed in England, and was left at the
London Zoo when the Captian was shipped off to France.

I was a couple of weeks late to visit the annual "Winnie's Hometown Festival."

Another fun fact is that, although the Milne character is a male bear, the
real-life Winnipeg was a female.

Mike


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