Talk:Winnipeg (bear)

If anyone living near Assiniboine Park can take a picture of the statue and add it to this article, that would be great :) This article needs pictures IMHO.

I added a good picture, although the gentleman in the photo is not Colebourn. Does anyone have any thoughts about merging those two articles. They are nearly identical. I have never merged articles and have no idea how. Just a suggestion. Oh, yes, and I would think that this rather fascinating piece of Canadian, not just Winnipeg, history is, at least of mid importanceCindyBo 07:45, 10 April 2007 (UTC)

Found new Wikiproject Manitoba today and added its tag for this article.CindyBo 06:45, 3 June 2007 (UTC)

Found or Bought??

I have cut the "bought" bit as inconsistent with her being "found" as an orphaned cub. If her owner bought her from another soldier in his regiment who found her then this needs to be made clear and specific and properly referenced. I suspect one story is true and the other a legend. Soundofmusicals 09:41, 14 October 2007 (UTC)

As far as I know, Winnie was bought for $20 from a hunter who had killed her mother. That is the story in the movie. However you're right, there are many legends and fictions surrounding the story and some work needs to be done to find the actual facts. I'm on a short wikibreak right now, but I'll poke around and see what I can find to clarify this article. It's an important story and needs a better write-up.CindyBo^talk 08:18, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

I have already done a bit of research, and made some changes since my first entry under this heading - but yes, it does have a "legend" feel about it. I'd love to know the full ins and outs, as it is such a pretty story (almost too beautiful to be 100% factual). Soundofmusicals 11:10, 17 October 2007 (UTC)

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