Terry Fox

While in remission from cancer, Terry Fox set out to run across Canada in 1980 to raise money for cancer research. Despite having lost his right leg to the disease, he ran 5,373 kilometres, nearly a marathon a day for 143 straight days, before being forced to stop east of this spot in the community of Shuniah when his cancer returned. His Marathon of Hope captivated Canadians with its bold humanitarianism, transformed vocabulary about personal courage, and revolutionized fund-raising. To date, hundreds of millions of dollars have been raised by Fox and in his name to benefit cancer sufferers around the world, and the heroic nature and tragic interruption of his run made him an enduring Canadian icon.

Ontario · Canada