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This mural was started by the Rossland Council for Arts and Culture Public Arts Committee for the 75th D-Day Anniversary. Funding was received from the CBT Public Arts Fund, Nelson District Credit Union Rossland Branch, and the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 14.

The mural was painted on 4'x8' panels by local artist Tyler Toews and mounted on the outside wall of the J. Van der Ham building near the cenotaph. It depicts wildflowers of the West Kootenay region, symbolizing Canada's commitment to peace and also commemorating the locals who served during the First and Second World Wars and the Korean War. The mural was completed in time for the 2019 Remembrance Day Service.

The cenotaph, which honours Lower Kootenay Band Warriors who served in the First and Second World Wars and Korean War, was erected near the Lower Kootenay Band cemetery. It consists of a 15,000 pounds boulder and a plaque which was built by Korean War Veterans. It had fallen into disrepair and was vandalized, but renovated in time for the 2019 Remembrance Day events. 

This statue of a First World War foot soldier was erected near the Cenotaph in 2009. The soldier is shown kneeling, appearing to be at the grave of a fellow soldier.

Grays Peak was named in memory of RCAF Flight Sergeant John Balfour Gray and RCNVR Lieutenant Robert Hampton Gray, who died during the Second World War. The following is an excerpt from: http://www.54thbattalioncef.ca/WARPAGES/geographic.htm Geographic Memorials - Grays Peak Named to remember brothers RCAF Flight Sergeant John Balfour Gray, and RCNVR Lieutenant Pilot Robert Hampton Gray, VC. The brothers were born in Trail and grew up in Nelson; John was the first Nelson man to die during WWII, and Robert was the last Nelson man to die during hostilities. Parents: John Balfour Gray, Sr., and Wilhemina Gray, Nelson. RCAF Flight Sergeant John ("Jack") Balfour Gray, R58225, recipient of the Aircrew Europe Star; serving as Air Gunner with 144 RAF Squadron when he was killed during a mine-laying operation, 27 February 1942, age 21. Buried at Rose Hill Cemetery, Doncaster, UK, grave G. 63; and his older brother…..RCVNR Lieutenant Robert Hampton ("Hammy") Gray, VC, DSC, killed in action 9 August 1945, age 27 - the day the atomic bomb was dropped on Nagasaki and 5 days before the war ended - by crashing his flaming Corsair bomber into a Japanese destroyer at the cost of his own life. Earlier in 1945 he had been awarded the DSC, and was posthumously awarded Canada's 13th Victoria Cross. With no grave but the sea, his name is inscribed on the Halifax Memorial, panel 13.

This memorial was dedicated as Veterans Way, December 18, 2004, by the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 173.

The Hampton Gray Room is named in honour of Temporary Lieutenant Robert Hampton Gray, Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve (the last Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross), who was shot down on August 9, 1945. See also memorial 59033-038

In August 2002, members of 44th Field Engineer Squadron, Trail and a troop of Royal Engineers from 75 Engineer Regiment improved a disused railway trestle on the Trans Canada Trail near Christina Lake British Columbia. The crossing is named in honour of the railway workers who joined the Canadian Railway Troops in both world wars.

44 Field Engineer Squadron of Trail, BC constructed a bridge over Cottonwood Creek at Nelson, BC and named it for Major Angus-Ward Davis. Maj Davis was the first Commanding Officer of Number 3 Tunnelling Company Canadian of the Expeditionary Force during the First World War. A noted mining engineer in civilian life, Major Davis joined the Canadian Engineers as a sapper in August 1914 and proceeded to France where he was later commissioned a Lieutenant in the Royal Engineers. In 1915 he returned to the Canadian Engineers to command Number 3 Tunnelling Company. Receiving a Distinguished Service Order and several Mentions in Despatches for his work during the war, Major Davis went on to be chief engineer at several mines in British Columbia after the war. The 90 foot Bailey Bridge is associated with the Trans Canada Trail and was officially opened and dedicated to Major Davis in September 2001 by his son and two daughters.

This memorial is dedicated to the 54th Battalion C.E.F. who fought in the First World War. It was erected by the citizens of Nelson and the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 51.

This memorial is dedicated to those who fought in the First and Second World Wars and the Korean War.

Constructed in 1924 in memory of those killed in action 1914-1918 and 1939-1945 from Greenwood and district. As Phoenix is over 4,000' in elevation and, for many years, not accessible on November 11th, a bronze plaque bearing the same names as the Phoenix Cenotaph (Memorial #59033-025) was mounted on the Cenotaph at Kettle Valley. Phoenix is a mining ghost town and only a Cenotaph and graveyard remain.

Mr. Paul Lautard from the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 155, built an indoor cenotaph of plywood which has all the names as on the Kettle Valley Cenotaph and is in the same shape. It has an 18 foot flag pole and flag. He takes it to the Legion Hall in Greenwood each November 11. It is appreciated by the aging veterans that cannot tolerate the cold and wind at Kettle Valley Cenotaph.