- The Governor General of Canada
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Arthur Maxwell House
St. John's, Newfoundland
Grant of Arms and Supporters
October 28, 1998
Vol. III, p. 281
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Blazon
Arms
Azure on a Canadian pale Gules fimbriated Argent a communications satellite above an arc of the globe showing Newfoundland all Or;
Crest
Issuant from a coronet érablé Gules the circlet bearing a band Or charged with saltires wavy Sable a sea-lion Azure queued Argent wearing a coronet érablé bearing in the dexter forepaw a reflex hammer and in the sinister forepaw a closed book all Or charged with a cross moline Gules;
Supporters
On rocks proper rising above barry wavy Argent and Azure dexter a Newfoundland dog Sable gorged with a collar of pitcher plant flowers Or pendant therefrom a ship's wheel Argent supporting a staff Argent flying therefrom a pennant Azure charged with three lightning flashes in fess Or sinister a caribou also Or unguled and attired Azure gorged with a collar of pitcher plant flowers Gules pendant therefrom a ship's wheel Azure;
Motto
VISION · LOYALTY · COMMITMENT;
Symbolism
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