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Jumbo, the most famous elephant in the world, met his end in Canada, while at a tour stop in St. Thomas, Ontario. But his story began in Africa when he was captured by hunters who...
Jumbo (about December 25, 1860 – September 15, 1885), also known as Jumbo the Elephant and Jumbo the Circus Elephant, was a 19th-century male African bush elephant born in Sudan. Jumbo was exported to Jardin des Plantes, a zoo in Paris, and then transferred in 1865 to London Zoo in England.
Visit Jumbo the Elephant monument in St. Thomas Ontario and learn more about the first African elephant anyone in North America had ever seen.
Mar 7, 2014 · Jumbo, The Unauthorised Biography of a Victorian Sensation tells the tale of the West’s obsession with a famous animal, and a tragic life.
In the end Jumbo: The Life of an Elephant Superstar created original science that solved key mysteries that have surrounded Jumbo for more than 130 years.
Aug 11, 2023 · A life-size statue of Jumbo in St. Thomas, Ont., where the world-famous elephant died after being hit by a locomotive. It was erected in 1985 to commemorate 100 years since Jumbo's death.
Jan 4, 2018 · McMaster scientists helped Sir David Attenborough and David Suzuki solve what is, pound for pound, of one of Canada’s biggest mysteries. In 1885, Jumbo the elephant — billed as the biggest elephant in the world — was hit by a freight train and died on the tracks in St. Thomas, Ontario.
Dec 29, 2017 · Jumbo the elephant arrived in New York on April 9, 1882, and the reception was a large as his reputation. Crowds of people watched a team of horses and elephants guide Jumbo’s carriage to the Hippodrome, the precursor to today’s Madison Square Garden.
This particular elephant was Jumbo, backbone of P.T. Barnum’s “Greatest Show on Earth,” and star of the most remarkable freak show to pitch a tent on Canadian soil. From the outset, the story of elephants in the New World is an unhappy one.
Oct 24, 2013 · Jumbo the Elephant was the star of P.T. Barnum's "Greatest Show on Earth" where, it is said, he brought in the largest crowds in the history of the circus.
