While we were arriving back in St. John's harbour, Captain Barry pointed out the location of the recently erected new Terry Fox Memorial.
We walked down there after dinner - and it was an incredibly moving memorial.
It was unveiled on April 12, 2012, 32 years to the day after he started his 'Marathon of Hope'.
This is the location of mile zero - where Terry gathered a jar of seawater, dated it, dipped his artificial leg in the ocean and then began his run.
The monument actually denotes the path of his first steps along the waterfront and gives a detailed summary of his life and the his run to raise funds for for cancer. It was at Port-aux-Basques, NL where the city gave him $10,000 - $1 for each citizen - that he set his goal to raise the equivalent of $1 for each Canadian citizen. He is truly one of the best Canadians ever.
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