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Mile Zero Monument

Name: Mile Zero Monument
Address: 18 Douglas St, Victoria, BC, CA

door 14 locals aangeraden,

Tips van locals

Clodagh & Matt

April 23, 2016

Check this out and then go for a walk, see the oceans and the mountains, visit the beach or Beacon Hill Park.

Colin

May 27, 2021

The beginning of one of the longest highways in the world.

Chris

October 20, 2019

Mile 0 of the Trans Canada Highway is located on Douglas Street at the intersection of Dallas Road, near the beautiful Victoria waterfront. The Mile 0 marker is the start of the over 8,000 km Trans-Canada Highway that spans the entire length of Canada. The monument is located on a large grassy field adjacent to the beautiful Beacon Hill Park. Mile 0 is also home to a statue of Terry Fox. Fox lost his right leg to cancer when he was 18 years old. He started a cross-Canada run to raise money for cancer research, beginning in Newfoundland on the East coast of Canada, and was to end at the Mile 0 marker in Victoria. Unfortunately, Fox's journey ended tragically near the halfway mark when he fell ill and passed away from cancer. Since then, hundreds of millions of dollars has been raised in his name for cancer research.