Williams Lake, British Columbia, Canada: Large Wheelchair
Globe and wheelchair commemorates local Paralympian Rick Hansen, who circled the Earth in his wheelchair in the mid-1980s.
- Address:
- 1660 Broadway Ave. S., Williams Lake, BC, Canada
- Directions:
- East edge of town, outside the Chamber of Commerce building, on the frontage road along the north side of Hwy 97/Cariboo Hwy.
- Admission:
- Free
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The wheelchair is to make Williams Lake wheelchair accessible. There's also the Rick Hansen, Man in Motion World Tour monument.
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Rick Hansen lost the use of his legs in Williams Lake when he was a teenager. He became a Paralympian, and 1985-86 he circled the Earth in his wheelchair. A large copper globe traces his route, and a large wheelchair encourages the people in town to make it wheelchair accessible.