Swimming across the lake Ontario is a daunting task that must required amazing dedication physical fitness and the sport. Marilyn Bell The first person to achieve this goal, use the junction high school as a practising location to enhance her for swimming skill. She practiced at the indoor pool of Humberside Collegiate in Toronto Junction.
Marilyn Bell, 1st person to swim across Lake Ontario and the Junction connection.
![In 2010, PortsToronto proudly named the new Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport ferry in honour of this living legend, with the ship’s traditional champagne christening done by Marilyn Bell herself.](https://www.junctioneer.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/TPA_Marilyn-Bell-012210-089_web.jpg)