"JUMBO" - St.Thomas
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Cargoman
N 42° 47.060 W 081° 10.723
17T E 485382 N 4736881
Quick Description: Ontario Historical Plaque describing the demise of Jumbo The Elephant.
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 6/25/2008 9:15:30 AM
Waymark Code: WM41WH
Views: 32
Long Description:Near this site on September 15, 1885, one of the best known and
most beloved animals met an untimely death when he was struck by a
railway locomotive. Jumbo, the 5900 kg African elephant, had been
brought to North America in 1882 from the London Zoo where for
seventeen years thousands had been fascinated by the mammoth
creature. His purchase for £2,000 by the American, P.T. Barnum,
raised a nation-wide outcry in Britain and daily reports of his
trip across the Atlantic were carried in the British press. From
1882 to 1885 the majestic animal, reputedly born in 1861 and nearly
3.3 m tall, was one of the foremost attractions of the Barnum and
Bailey Circus.
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There is a statue/monument of Jumbo located at 65 Fingal Road,
at the following co-ordinates:
N 42° 46.740 W 081° 12.498