White River is the origin of Winnie the Pooh. Apparently a Canadian soldier, Harry Colebourn, bought a bear cub from a trapper at White River in 1914. He called it ‘Winnie’ after his home town Winnipeg.
The bear became a pet of the soldiers and when Harry was posted to France in 1914 he gave the bear to London Zoo to look after. A frequent visitor to the zoo to see the bear was AA Milne and his son Christopher Robin Milne. You can guess the rest.
Right behind the Winnie the Pooh monument we set up camp in White River.
No camping site but there was a grassy area behind the tourist info building. The six Canadian girls, Bill, Susan and myself along with two other chaps from England. A busy makeshift campsite.
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