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History of Winnie the Pooh In 1914, Winnipeg soldier Harry Colebourn bought an orphaned black bear cub in White River, Ontario while en route to fight in the First World War. He named the bear “Winnie” after his hometown, Winnipeg. The cub became the mascot of Colebourn’s regiment. When Colebourn was shipped out to the front in France, he donated the bear to the London Zoo, where it spent twenty (20) years entertaining zoo goers, including Christopher Robin Milne, the young son of author and playwright A.A. Milne. The young Milne renamed his stuffed bear Winnie the Pooh and his father later crafted stories about a boy and his bear, Winnie.