We’re off on our Polar Bear adventure. After arriving after midnight last night, we spent the day touring Winnipeg. Winnie the Bear was rescued as a very young cub by a veterinarian who later took the cub with him to England as a member of the service during WWI. The cub was left at the London Zoo when the troops were deployed. Winnie became a favorite of children, especially the son of A. A. Milne. The British renamed the very tame bear Winnie the Pooh. Winnipeg wants everyone to know the origin of the famous ursine.

 The bison herd is a part of a tour of FortWhyte Alive. 

We took a brief stop along the junction or the Red and Assiniboine Rivers. 

This Polar Bear is an exhibit at the Manitoba Museum.