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Winnipeg Tidbits In
1914 a man named Harry Colebourn (a WWI Captain from Winnipeg), set
off for England with a black bear cub (named Winnipeg)… the mascot
for the Regiment. When Colebourn left England for France, he donated
the bear cub to the London Zoo. The author, A.A. Milne, and his son
Christopher Robin loved to go and visit the bear Winnipeg. The bear
became loved by all in the stories the father and son later crafted
about a boy and his bear named * Winnipeg is a Cree word which means "muddy waters" The crop Canola, was developed by a Professor of the University of Manitoba, Baldur Stefansson. This crop is prized for the edible oil it produces Legend has it that room 235 in The Fort Garry Hotel is haunted by a ghost who visits the guests staying in this room The Winnipeg Art Gallery has the world's largest collection of contemporary Inuit art! This includes more than 9,000 pieces - prints, sculptures, paintings and textiles Nomadic aboriginal peoples from the three tribes: the Cree, Assiniboine, and the Ojibwa, were the earliest known inhabitants of the area Winnipeg was the first city in Canada to establish a United Way charity In 1877, the University of Manitoba became the first university in the west to be incorporated. The first graduating class in 1880 held one person Nellie McClung, a ‘Winnipegger’, was instrumental in women obtaining the right to vote – she was a leader in the suffragette movement
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