19/10/2026
Turns out Pooh has some very Canadian roots. 🍯
Winnie-the-Pooh is celebrating 100 years since A.A. Milne’s classic book was first published on Oct. 14, 1926.
But the story behind the famous bear goes back to Canada in 1914, when Winnipeg veterinarian Harry Colebourn bought a black bear cub for $20 during a train stop in White River, Ont.
He named her Winnie after Winnipeg and later brought her to England, where she eventually lived at the London Zoo.
That’s where Christopher Robin Milne became fascinated with Winnie and renamed his teddy bear after her, helping inspire the name behind his father’s famous stories. A pretty wild Canadian connection for one of the world’s most recognizable bears.
