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The Centennial Flame is a symbolic flame that forms the central element of a
fountain, itself located symmetrically in the walkway between the Queen's Gates
and the Peace Tower on Parliament Hill, in Ottawa, Ontario.
Lit by then
Prime Minister of Canada Lester B. Pearson on New Year's Eve 1966, to officially
innagurate the Canadian Centennial celebrations, the flame is fed by a natural
gas jet that sits under a metal dome depicting the centennial year logo: a
stylised maple leaf. The flame, however, is not an eternal one, as it is
routinely extinguished during inclement weather or for cleaning, and
relit.
The fountain's water runs from beneath the coats of arms for each
of the provinces and territories of Canada as they existed in 1966, into a moat
surrounded by a wall that lists the year each province and territory joined the
Canadian Confederation in
Canada.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centennial_Flame
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