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The Poppy Painting was sponsored and spearheaded by Communities in Bloom in partnership with the Eagle Valley Arts Council, the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 99, the District of Sicamous, and local businesses. It was painted in a barn quilt style by Colleen Thurgood in 2019. Next to it hangs the Fallen Soldier Painting.

This mural was sponsored and spearheaded in 2018 by Communities in Bloom in partnership with the Eagle Valley Arts Council, Royal Canadian Legion Branch 99, District of Sicamous and local businesses. The western wall of the Legion was crumbling so Communities in Bloom supplied materials to strap the wall and add crezone board as a base for the mural. The Legion repaired the wall, created a committee of both young and older Veterans to create the subject matter of the mural, and made a donation supporting the Eagle Valley Arts Council, whose members painted the mural.

The painters included Kim Hyde, Karen Oliver, Cindy Mackrell, Dianna Bowles, Marg Pettitt, Carol Schlosar, Sue Miller, Sally Handley, and one other woman who was visiting. The paint was supplied by a local business. Once the mural was completed, it was coated with an anti-graffiti clear coat. The mural is a tribute to the past and present members of the Canadian Armed Forces, featuring a depiction of the Vimy Ridge Memorial, which serves as a symbol of the birth of the Canadian Armed Forces. It also depicts a Canadian flag with a silhouette of a soldier kneeling before a grave, which honours those who did not return home. The mural also features the badge of the Canadian Armed Forces, as well as several poppies.

This memorial was sponsored and spearheaded by Communities in Bloom in partnership with the Eagle Valley Arts Council, Royal Canadian Legion Branch 99, District of Sicamous and local businesses. The painting, along with the Lest We Forget Painting, was purchased for the front of the Legion building in 2017 and was chosen by a Legion member. Updates to the trim and paint of the building and new lighting were also added the same year, with the work being done by donations and the help of volunteers.

This memorial was sponsored and spearheaded by Communities in Bloom in partnership with the Eagle Valley Arts Council, Royal Canadian Legion Branch 99, District of Sicamous and local businesses. The painting, along with the War Memorial Painting, was purchased for the front of the Legion building in 2017 and was chosen by a Legion member. Updates to the trim and paint of the building and new lighting were also added the same year, with the work being done by donations and the help of volunteers.

Major Mutrie Lake is named in honour of Major Robert John Mutrie. It was named by the Government of British Columbia on May 9, 1977.

Robert John Mutrie was born in April 1883 in Wellington County, Ontario to Col. John and Margaret (Dow) Mutrie. His father had served during the Fenian Raids, had risen through the ranks to command the 30^th Wellington Rifles, and had occupied various civic positions in the county. Robert John Mutrie had also served with the 30^th Wellington Rifles, joining the Regiment in 1909. In 1914, while working as a realtor in the Vernon area of British Columbia, he joined the 2^nd Canadian mounted Rifles (British Columbia Regiment), eventually becoming the Second-in-Command of the Regiment. The 2^nd CMR, along with the Canadian Corps (now 3 divisions) was moved into the Ypres salient in March 1916, to hold the line from Hooge to St. Eloi, including Hill 62, Observatory Ridge, and Mount Sorrel. On March 27, the British exploded 6 huge mines that they had been tunneling since August 1915. This marked the beginning of the battle of the St. Eloi craters. It was near the end of this battle that Major Robert Mutrie was killed by artillery fire on April 5, 1916. He is interred at Poperinghe New Military Cemetery in Belgium.

The Brigadier W.C. Murphy Armoury, to the rear of Armoury Park in Vernon, is named in honour of Brigadier W.C. Murphy, DSO, ED. The armoury was built in 1913, and named Brigadier W.C. Murphy Armoury in 1980 by the Department of National Defence.

Brigadier W.C. Murphy served throughout the Second World War. He sailed for England with the British Columbia Dragoons in November 1941 and spent much of the next two years training with the Regiment for the eventual invasion of the European continent. Between May 1942 and March 1943, he commanded the British Columbia Dragoons before his transfer to the Headquarters of 5 Canadian Armoured Division where he served as General Staff Officer 1. In February 1944, he was appointed Commander of 1 Canadian Armoured Brigade, a post he held until the end of the war.

This monument honours the B.C. Dragoons (BCD.) It was decommissioned in October 2020 as a first step in a revitalization project, with plans to move it to a more prominent location.

The Veterans’ Wall of Honour is a collection of Veterans photographs.

Erected in 1980 by the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 99, this memorial is dedicated to the men and women of Sicamous who served in the Canadian Forces during the First and Second World Wars and the Korean War. 

Located on the outside walls of the legion are: Fallen Soldier Painting, Poppy Painting, Vimy Ridge and Canadian Armed Forces Mural, War Memorial Painting and Lest We Forget Painting.

After the First World War in 1924 the "The Eagle River Valley Branch" of the G.W.V.A. No. 64 erected a cenotaph at Malakwa's Cemetery to commemorate those who had given their lives for peace. The Cenotaph was built by community volunteers and the property for the Cenotaph was donated by Mr. and Mrs. McGlone.  This memorial is dedicated to the local war dead of the First World War (1914-1918), the Second World War (1939 - 1945) and the Korean War (1950 - 1953).