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West of Nipigon, highways 17 and 11 merge to become the Terry Fox Courage Highway , named after Terrance Stanley Fox (1958-81), one of modern Canada's most remarkable figures. At the age of 18 Terry developed cancer and had to have his right leg amputated. Determined to advance the search for a cure, he nevertheless planned a money-raising run from coast to coast and on April 12, 1980, he set out from St John's in Newfoundland. For 143 days he ran 26 painful miles a day, covering five provinces by June and raising $34 million. In September, at mile 3339, just outside Thunder Bay, Terry was forced by lung cancer to abandon his run; he returned home to Port Coqitlam in British Columbia, where he died the following summer. More than $85 million has now been raised for cancer research in his name. In his honour, the Terry Fox Monument , a finely crafted bronze showing the lad running, has been placed on top of a ridge in a little park above the highway just to the east of Thunder Bay. From the monument, there are panoramic views over Lake Superior and Thunder Bay tourism has its main office here .
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