Centennial Flame

The Centennial Flame is a constant fire rising from the center of a stone fountain near the Queen’s Gates on Parliament Hill. Surrounded by a ledge displaying the shields of Canada’s thirteen provinces and territories, the monument draws the eye with its persistent, flickering glow set against the water. It was lit on January first, nineteen sixty-seven, by Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson to mark the one hundredth anniversary of Canadian Confederation.