Hazelton, BC to Prince George, BC

As we drove the Yellowhead Highway toward Prince George, we passed this mountain scene.



We remember hearing about Terry Fox, a young Canadian man who developed cancer at the age of 18. He was told his left leg would have to be amputated below the knee. While in the hospital he saw the pain and despair of others who had CA and decided to do something to help. He planned to run from one coast to the other and asked Canadians to contribute $1 each, which would have amounted to $24,000,000. He was half way to his home in British Columbia when he was forced to stop his run because the CA had spread to his lungs. He passed away just before hie 23rd birthday. However, many millions of dollars has been raised for CA research. A mountain along the Yellowhead Highway has been named for him, but clouds obscured it, so we could not get a picture.