Talk:Winnie the Pooh/@comment-28690119-20180102214755/@comment-26890711-20180803204753

Yes his original name was Edward Bear, then he was renamed Winnie the Pooh after Winnipeg the Canadian black bear from the London Zoo and a swan called Pooh. I learned this from the behind the scenes documentary The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh: The Story Behind the Masterpiece.