Vimy Ridge

The figures at the tops of the pylons represent the universal virtues of faith, justice, peace, honour, charity, truth, knowledge and hope.

Canada mourning her fallen sons

Beneath her feet lies a sarcophagus representing the resting place of Canada's dead.

Mourners

The spirit of sacrifice

A figure in the symbolic position of crucifixion lies at the feet of a torch bearer. This evokes the words of Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae's famous poem: In Flanders Fields.

In Flanders fields the poppies grow...
...
To you from flailing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.