The world famous Mile 0 marker in Victoria, B.C. At the edge of Beacon Hill Park in Victoria, B.C., a simple stone marker declares “Mile 0”—the official western terminus of the Trans-Canada Highway, a ribbon of road that stretches nearly 8,000 km to Newfoundland. It’s a modest monument with outsized meaning: a place where adventurers pose before heading east, where a statue honors Terry Fox’s Marathon of Hope that was meant to end here, and where ultrarunner Al Howie once completed a record-setting cross-country trek. Framed by ocean views, gardens, and wandering peacocks, Mile 0 is both a beginning and an end—an unassuming yet powerful symbol of journeys, dreams, and the sweep of a country.
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