Jumbo was an African Bush Elephant born in Sudan during 1861. P.T. Barnum eventually bought Jumbo and brought him to North America in 1882.

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While touring St. Thomas, Ontario, Jumbo was leaving a show where upon crossing railroad tracks was fatally hit by a locomotive.

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A life size statue of Jumbo was installed in St. Thomas in 1985 to celebrate the centennial of this magnificent creature’s death.