Editing Marilyn Bell (section)

==Awards and recognition==
In 1954, Bell was named the [[Canadian Newsmaker of the Year]] by [[The Canadian Press]], awarded the [[Lou Marsh Trophy]] as Canada's athlete of the year and awarded the [[Bobbie Rosenfeld Award]] as Canadian female athlete of the year.  Bell was inducted into [[Canada's Sports Hall of Fame]] in 1958. In 1993 she entered the Canadian Swimming Hall of Fame and was named one of Canada's top athletes of the century. She was inducted into the [[Ontario Sports Hall of Fame]] in 1997.<ref>{{cite web |title=Marilyn Bell |url=http://oshof.ca/index.php/honoured-members/item/73-marilyn-bell |website=oshof.ca |publisher=[[Ontario Sports Hall of Fame]] |access-date=September 24, 2014 |archive-date=December 28, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141228125515/http://www.oshof.ca/index.php/honoured-members/item/73-marilyn-bell |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2003, Bell (now Marilyn Bell Di Lascio) was presented with the [[Order of Ontario]].<ref>{{cite press release |publisher=Government of Ontario |title=Hall-of-fame swimmer Marilyn Bell awarded Order of Ontario |url=https://news.ontario.ca/archive/en/2003/10/22/Halloffame-swimmer-Marilyn-Bell-awarded-Order-of-Ontario.html |date=October 22, 2003 |access-date=June 24, 2019}}</ref>

The National Historic Sites and Monuments Board designated Bell's crossing of the lake a [[Events of National Historic Significance (Canada)|National Historic Event]] in 2005, and a federal plaque was erected in 2008 near the site of her landfall.<ref>[http://www.pc.gc.ca/apps/lhn-nhs/det_E.asp?oqSID=2113&oqeName=Crossing+of+Lake+Ontario+by+Marilyn+Bell&oqfName=Travers%E9e+du+lac+Ontario+par+Marilyn+Bell Historic Sites and Monuments Board designation]</ref><ref>[http://torontohistory.org/Pages_ABC/Crossing_of_Lake_Ontario.html Federal plaque to Marilyn Bell at Ontarioplaques.com]</ref> Another plaque is mounted on the base of a statue of a lion along [[Lake Shore Boulevard]] by the [[CNE Ontario Government Building]]. A plaque commemorating her Strait of Juan de Fuca achievement is placed at her landing site in Beacon Hill Park.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.beaconhillparkhistory.org/contents/chapter13.htm |title=Beacon Hill Park History |first=Janis |last=Ringuette |website=www.beaconhillparkhistory.org |access-date=June 24, 2019}}</ref>

Parkland near the location where Bell arrived is now named Marilyn Bell Park. In 2009, the Lakeshore Swimming Club of Toronto held the first annual Marilyn Bell Swim Classic, a meet sanctioned by Swim Ontario. In 2010, a ferry boat to serve the [[Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport|Toronto Island Airport]] was named the ''Marilyn Bell 1''. The name was chosen as the top name in a contest held by the [[Toronto Port Authority]].<ref>{{cite press release |title=Winning names for Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport vessels announced by Toronto Port Authority |publisher=Toronto Port Authority |date=January 7, 2010 |url=http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/January2010/07/c6948.html |access-date=January 8, 2010}}</ref>

The story of Bell's historic swim was told in the 2001 made-for-TV film ''Heart: The Marilyn Bell Story'' with [[Caroline Dhavernas]] portraying Marilyn Bell.

An experimental 16 mm film by [[Brenda Longfellow]], ''Our Marilyn'', was made in 1987, and was purchased by the [[National Gallery of Canada]] in 1990.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Brenda Longfellow: Works by artist |url=https://www.gallery.ca/collection/artist/brenda-longfellow |access-date=November 14, 2024 |website=National Gallery of Canada}}</ref>