Terry Fox Monument & Visitor Centre
1000 Highway 11/17 P7A 0A1 Thunder Bay, ON, Canada

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Lake Superior Magazine’s annual Best of the Lake awards have been announced and Thunder Bay is happy to have been selected as the Best Wayside Pullover. Have you made your way to up to the Terry Fox Monument and Visitor Centre this summer? Show us your photos.

In honour of the very first Terry Fox Run, which took place 39 years ago today, Google is celebrating Terry as their Google Doodle image in Canada, U.S. and man...y other countries around the world. The Doodle, illustrated by Toronto-based artist Lynn Scurfield, replaces the usual Google logo with an image of Terry running in a valley near a lake. #ThanksGoogle for paying tribute not only to Terry but also to the millions of people around the world who have adopted his dream of finding a cure for all cancers as their own. We welcome you to support the 40th Terry Fox Virtual Run on Sunday September 20th by fundraising or donating at terryfox.org

#OnThisDay - September 1, 1980 - near Thunder Bay, ON As he neared the 18 mile mark, Terry could see miles of supporters along the highway, cheering him on, say...ing, Keep going, you can do it, we’re all behind you. Terry felt like he was having a heart attack, the pain was so intense. He took a break and crawled into his sleeping bag, hoping the pain might subside. It didn’t. Terry got back up, ran another mile until he could see no more people along the road. It was then he said to himself, This may be my last mile. He got in the van and asked his best friend Doug to take him to a hospital. Later that day, Terry called his parents in Port Coquitlam and told them the cancer had returned. He had run his last mile of the Marathon of Hope. In his last journal entry, all Terry wrote was: "21 miles. 3,339 miles total." Honour Terry's Try. Donate today. https://bit.ly/3lHgE6v

On September 1, 1980, after running 3,339 miles (5,374km) Terry Fox was forced to end his Marathon of Hope in Shuniah, ON just east of Thunder Bay. Take a minute today if you're in the area to head up to the Terry Fox Monument and join our visitor centre staff as we remember Terry, his courage and his committment to finding a cure for cancer. #terryfox... #40years See more

40 years ago today Terry wrote his final diary entry on Aug. 31, 1980, as he was nearing Thunder Bay, Ont. "Today was all right. Started late and it was cold for the entire morning. Twelve, eleven. Nothing else happened." As he approached Thunder Bay, Terry started coughing, and felt a pain in his neck and chest. He kept running. The pain in his chest became so bad that he thought he was having a heart attack. Instead of going to a hospital, Terry asked to be taken to his motel room and have a doctor visit him there. The doctor thought Terry might have a collapsed lung,

#OnThisDay - August 30, 1980 past Nipigon, ON Terry is now running on a part of the TransCanada highway that will be renamed the Terry Fox Courage Highway, a ...year from now. For all the accolades and adoration, those who know Terry best say he has not changed. After his Run ends, Terry reflects on his experience, saying, Through my whole run I thought about the meaning of life. It’s not wealth I don’t have any wealth and it’s not fame I’m famous but it hasn’t changed my life. On my run when I got emotional it was because I was happy. In his journal Terry writes, Today I had a late start because I didn’t sleep last night. Incredible thunder and lightning. Did 10 miles that took me to Nipigon and 10 more that took me to Nipigon River. Cloudy day. Ankle sore

"This was a handout at the dedication of the first Terry Fox lookout in Thunder Bay"image and caption by James Robert O'Leary

#OnThisDay - August 30, 1980 past Nipigon, ON Terry is now running on a part of the TransCanada highway that will be renamed the Terry Fox Courage Highway, a ...year from now. For all the accolades and adoration, those who know Terry best say he has not changed. After his Run ends, Terry reflects on his experience, saying, Through my whole run I thought about the meaning of life. It’s not wealth I don’t have any wealth and it’s not fame I’m famous but it hasn’t changed my life. On my run when I got emotional it was because I was happy. In his journal Terry writes, Today I had a late start because I didn’t sleep last night. Incredible thunder and lightning. Did 10 miles that took me to Nipigon and 10 more that took me to Nipigon River. Cloudy day. Ankle sore

40 years ago, Terry Fox started his Marathon of Hope. Today would have been his 62nd birthday. To mark this milestone, The Terry Fox Foundation wants you to #...TryLikeTerry by challenging yourself and sharing it with the world. Learn more: https://terryfox.org/try-like-terry/

A brief history of Canada's Terry Fox

40 years ago, Terry Fox started his Marathon of Hope. Today would have been his 62nd birthday. To mark this milestone, The Terry Fox Foundation wants you to #...TryLikeTerry by challenging yourself and sharing it with the world. Learn more: https://terryfox.org/try-like-terry/

#OnThisDay - June 28, 1981: Canadians awoke to the devastating news that Terry Fox had succumbed to cancer, his family by his side. He entrusted his dream of a world free of cancer to Canadians, and we promised to take his Marathon of Hope across the finish line.

Terry Fox Monument and Lookout this evening

It was 40 years ago today that Terry Fox started his Marathon of Hope.