Editing Marilyn Bell (section)

===Other swims===
[[File:MarilynBellCairnDallsRdVictoriaBC.jpg|alt=Stone cairn with engraved stone plaque depicting Marilyn Bell's portrait with swimming cap and goggles and waves in the background and the following text: This cairn commemorates the feat of Miss Marilyn Bell who landed in this bay 23rd August 1956 to become the first woman and first Canadian to swim Juan de Ducat Strait from Port Angeles USA to Victoria Canada.|thumb|Cairn by Dallas Road Waterfront Trail (Victoria, BC, Canada) commemorating Marilyn Bell's historic swim across the Juan de Fuca Strait. ]]
Offered [[Canadian dollar|$]]15,000 by the ''Toronto Telegram'' newspaper to swim the [[English Channel]], Bell made the crossing in 14 hours, 36 minutes on July 31, 1955.<ref name="gm1955">{{cite news |work=The Globe and Mail |title=Marilyn Swims Channel |first=Ron |last=Evans |page=1 |date=August 1, 1955}}</ref> Her crossing started at [[Cap Gris-Nez]] and ended at Abbotscliff, between Dover and Folkestone.<ref name="gm1955"/>  At 17 years of age, she was the youngest swimmer to succeed in the crossing.<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Library and Archives Canada |url=https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/women/030001-1502-e.html |title=ARCHIVED - Celebrating Women's Achievements |access-date=June 24, 2019}}</ref> She was guided by her coach Gus Ryder and John (Pop) Boswell.<ref name="gm1955"/> She did not beat the existing record for the crossing, hitting a strong current which took her past Dover Harbour.<ref name="gm1955"/> Bell returned to Toronto for a ticker tape parade along Bay Street to City Hall, attended by a crowd of 100,000 on August 19.<ref>{{cite news |work=The Globe and Mail |page=3 |title=Crowds Vie for Space to Acclaim Swim Queen |date=August 20, 1955}}</ref>

On August 23, 1956, she swam the [[Strait of Juan de Fuca]] off the Pacific coast, swimming from [[Port Angeles, Washington]], to [[Victoria, British Columbia]].<ref name="gm2012">{{cite news |work=The Globe and Mail |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/canadas-sweetheart-marilyn-bell-the-great-strait-swimmer/article4494132/ |title='Canada's sweetheart': Marilyn Bell, the great strait swimmer |date=August 22, 2012 |access-date=June 24, 2019 |first=Tom |last=Hawthorn }}</ref> It was her second attempt, after giving up after eight kilometres on her first attempt.<ref name="gm2012"/> A cairn by Dallas Road Waterfront Trail, below Beacon Hill Park in Victoria, overlooks the bay where she completed her swim.  
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