Remembrance Day 2011 in Kitimat, BC

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It’s a Kitimat tradition that children lay wreathes on behalf of those who cannot attend the Remembrance Service. A young boy, preparing to lay his wreath, passes a Mountie at the cenotaph.

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Mounties, Cubs and Brownies.

625-KitimatremembranceNov112011_2.jpgMembers of the Kitimat Royal Canadian Legion.

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Marg Boggert, President of the Kitimat Royal Canadian Legion, Kitimat Mayor Joanne Monaghan, Skeena Bulkley Valley MP and NDP leadership candidate Nathan Cullen at the Remembrance Day service.

627-KitimatremembranceNov112011_4.jpgThree boys prepare to lay wreathes at the Remembrance Service.

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MP Nathan Cullen prepares to lay a wreath representing the government of Canada.

629-KitimatremembranceNov112011_6.jpgKitimat firefighters lay their wreath at the cenotaph.

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