- The Governor General of Canada
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The Thunder Bay Historical Museum Society
Thunder Bay, Ontario
Grant of Arms and Badge
October 15, 2006
Vol. V, p. 68
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Blazon
Badge
An hourglass as in the Arms encircled by a wreath of mountain maple leaves and nodding trillium flowers proper;
Symbolism
Badge
The hourglass is repeated from the arms. It is surrounded by a wreath of mountain maple (acer spicatum) leaves and nodding trillium (trillium undulatum) flowers. These plants are indigenous to northwestern Ontario and are hardy varieties of the sugar maple and white trillium more usually found in Canadian symbolism.