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==="Mile zero"=== [[File:Mile Zero Monument Victoria BC 2018 (cropped).jpg|thumb|The Mile Zero monument at the end of the Trans-Canada Highway in [[Victoria, British Columbia]]]] [[File:Mile one stadium.jpg|thumb|[[Mile One Centre]] in [[St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador]]]] Although there does not appear to be any nationally-sanctioned "starting point" for the entire Trans-Canada Highway system, [[St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador|St. John's]] has adopted this designation for the section of highway running in the city. The foot of East White Hills Road in St. John's, near [[Newfoundland and Labrador Route 30|Logy Bay Road]], would be a more precise starting point of the highway, where the road meets and transfers into the start of the Trans-Canada Highway. The terminus of the Trans-Canada Highway in [[Victoria, British Columbia|Victoria]], at the foot of [[Douglas Street (Victoria, British Columbia)|Douglas Street]] and Dallas Road at [[Beacon Hill Park]], is also marked by a "mile zero" monument. St. John's downtown arena, [[Mary Brown's Centre]], was originally branded under [[naming rights]] as "Mile One Centre" in reference to the geography of the region.<ref>{{cite news |last = Muret |first = Don |date = April 9, 2001 |title = Venue's Name Game Takes New Twist |work = Amusement Business |url = http://www.allbusiness.com/services/amusement-recreation-services/4568492-1.html |access-date = July 30, 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date = October 14, 2021 |title = The Biggest Mary: Chicken chain Mary Brown's buys naming rights to Mile One Centre |url = https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/mary-browns-mile-one-name-change-1.6210704 |access-date = January 9, 2022 |website = CBC News |archive-date = October 30, 2021 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20211030133025/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/mary-browns-mile-one-name-change-1.6210704 |url-status = live }}</ref> The usage of miles instead of kilometres at both designations dates back to when the Trans-Canada Highway was completed in 1962, prior to [[metrication in Canada]].
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