(Canada Obscura) The Real Life Winnie-the-Pooh

We’re launching a collaboration with The Atlas Obscura Podcast to tell the stories of Canada’s strange and wondrous places.

Today, we bring you a story about a black bear who traveled across the ocean with a group of World War 1 soldiers before becoming the inspiration for one of the most popular children’s characters of all time.

Lindsay Mattick, author of Finding Winnie and Winnie’s Great War, tells the story.

This episode was produced in collaboration with the Atlas Obscura Podcast - a show that brings listeners mind-blowing stories from fascinating places every weekday. If you want to hear more stories from their great show, we recommend starting here:

• Milky Seas
• Damanhur

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