"As it turns out, Christopher Robin named his bear after Winnie, a Canadian black bear that lived at the London Zoo and a swan named “Pooh” that the family met on vacation. Before the toy was given its famous name, it was originally sold at Harrods with the name “Edward Bear.” As for Pooh the swan, he was actually featured as a character in the same poetry book where Milne first introduced Winnie The Pooh to the world, although he still wasn’t named in one of Milne’s works until a 1925 Christmas story he wrote for The Evening News."
Gosh, it's mostly right.....the bear was called Winnipeg after the Canadian town and the swan was named by Christopher Robbin. Amazing how much of this stuff gets changed on the internet.