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The Atlas Obscura Podcast

Canada Obscura: The Real Life Winnie-The-Pooh

The Atlas Obscura Podcast

SiriusXM Podcasts & Atlas Obscura

Society & Culture, Places & Travel

4.61.6K Ratings

🗓️ 27 May 2024

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

CANADALAND host Jesse Brown tells Dylan the story of a Canadian man who adopted a black bear in the woods of Winnipeg – and how that bear became the inspiration for one of the most beloved children’s characters of all time. This week, we’re celebrating Canada’s strange, incredible, and wondrous places. This is the first story in our collaboration with CANADALAND. If you want to hear more stories from their great show, we recommend starting here: An Oral History of Just for Laughs Gags The Newfoundlander Who's Behind a Fake Trudeau Sex Scandal

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey everybody, Dylan here.

0:03.0

So just a month or two ago, I took a little trip with my kids to Canada.

0:10.0

We went to Niagara Falls, we went obviously to the Canadian side. It's the best side and we did all kinds of fun

0:16.2

tourist things. We went down this big tunnel that's part of the old Tesla

0:21.0

hydroelectric power station. We went out to this diner called the

0:25.9

Flying Saucer Diner. It's shaped like a UFO. It's got an old school neon sign

0:30.9

and it's full of alien stuff on the inside. It was just a really a

0:35.4

really fun trip and all of this is a long way of saying I really like Canada.

0:42.8

I have such a soft spot for them.

0:44.8

I mean, I'm from Minnesota.

0:46.2

I'm very nearly Canadian myself.

0:49.6

And so we are going to be spending the next three days shining a spotlight on great Canadian stories.

0:57.0

And we are going to do this with our friends at the podcast Canada Land.

1:02.0

Canada Land's tagline is the best newspaper in Canada is a

1:06.8

podcast and I think it's true because every week they put out original

1:11.8

reporting on just the most interesting stories across the country.

1:15.8

Canada Land, it always tells me something surprising, unexpected, something different than what I expected to hear about Canada.

1:26.0

And this week, those are the kinds of stories we're going to be telling you.

1:30.0

And I'll be sharing the hosting seat with Canada Lands Jesse Brown.

1:34.3

So sit back, settle in, and come up north with us.

1:39.6

We are going to Canada land.

1:46.0

Hi Dylan.

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