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BONAVENTURE ANCHOR MEMORIAL

Canadian Peacetime Sailors Memorial along the Sailors Memorial Way in Point Pleasant Park, Halifax, NS. The names of our nine Kootenays who died in 1969 are engraved on plaques. The Kootenay survivors, together with family members, have held many commemorative ceremonies at this monument.

56th Commemorative Ceremony of the 1969 explosion and fire in HMCS Kootenay at the Bonaventure Anchor Memorial in Point Pleasant Park. And a visit to Lew Stringer's grave at Fairview Cemetery

Meet & Greet and Brunch at Parkside Pub for the 56th Commemoration of the 1969 explosion and fire in HMCS Kootenay

Photos of the Ceremony at the Damage Control Training Facility on October 23, 2025 from CFB Halifax

Global News coverage of the Ceremony at the Damage Control Training Facility on October 23, 2025

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