Winnipeg Template Freebie and a Bear Tale

Good morning! Wow, Friday again! You gotta love it! Where did this week go??!!

Today I am offering the Canadian city of Winnipeg, Manitoba in my Major Cities of the World Template Series. The teddy bear on the template represents the origin of the much-loved Winnie The Pooh.

The Winnipeg Bear, the inspiration for Winnie-the-Pooh, was not
actually born in Winnipeg. Instead, Winnipeg Bear was purchased in White River, Ontario, by an officer (Lieutenant Harry Colebourn) of the Fort Garry Horse
cavalry regiment en route to his embarkation point for the front lines of World War I. He named the bear after the regiment's home town of Winnipeg. In 1924, on an excursion to the London Zoo with neighbour children, Christopher Robin Milne, son of author A. A. Milne, was introduced to Winnie for the first time. An E.H. Shepard painting of "Winnie the Pooh" is the only known oil painting of Winnipeg’s famous bear cub. It was purchased at an auction for $285,000 in London, England, late in 2000. The painting is displayed in the Pavilion Gallery in Assiniboine Park. ~Wikipedia

I thought this story would appeal to everyone who loves all the A.A. Milne characters. What a SUPER way to have your town go down in "history."

So here is the Winnipeg template for downloading.