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United Services Institute of Nanaimo (North Island) Society
Nanaimo, British Columbia
Grant of Arms
October 17, 1995
Vol. III, p. 56
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Blazon
Arms
Tierced in pairle reversed Azure Gules and Bleu-Celeste overall a representation of the Nanaimo Bastion Argent between in chief a naval crown and a mural crown and in base an astral crown Or;
Crest
Issuant from a grassy mound Vert a dogwood tree Vert flowered of six Argent seeded Or the trunk enfiling three crowns as in the Arms;
Motto
FOR CROWN AND COUNTRY;
Symbolism
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