A new exhibit called Jumbomania at the Elgin County Heritage Centre explores Jumbo's life, how he became a global icon that's ...

ST. THOMAS—Jumbo is much bigger and stronger than the 46 plow horses competing at the International Plowing Match here next week, but he’s ineligible. That’s because Jumbo is an African ...

Atlas Obscura on Slate is a blog about the world’s hidden wonders. Like us on Facebook and Tumblr, or follow us on Twitter. On Sept. 15, 1885, Jumbo the Elephant was in St. Thomas, Ontario, on ...

The 140th anniversary of Jumbo the Elephant’s death in St. Thomas is being commemorated by a new exhibit. CTV London’s Brent Lale brings the story.

Elephant "Jumbo" Killed on Railroad. ... ST. THOMAS, Ontario, Sept. 16.--The Barnum, Bailey Hutchinson show arrived here from Chatham yesterday morning and unloaded near where their tents were ...

Jumbo the elephant, one of the world’s most famous animals, was killed in a train accident on September 15, 1885 in St Thomas Ontario. At the time, Jumbo was the star attraction marvelling the ...

Sean Dixon’s play about the ‘world’s first animal superstar’ revisits his life and death in St. Thomas, Ontario, writes Karen Fricker.

It’s a big story ingrained in the history of Southwestern Ontario, and it’s being re-enacted at the Blyth Festival. In its 45th season, the festival’s premiere brings the story of Jumbo the ...

A life-size sculpture of the elephant was erected 100 years after he passed, in St. Thomas, Ontario, the town of the frightful railway accident. Jumbo lives on in name, too.