- The Governor General of Canada
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Town of Carbonear
Carbonear, Newfoundland
Grant of Arms and Flag
June 22, 1990
Vol. II, p. 19
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Blazon
Arms
Argent on a chevron wavy Azure between in dexter chief a rose Gules barbed Vert seeded Or in sinister chief a shamrock Vert and in base the head of a young woman proper crowned with a coronet of shamrocks Sable two fish respectant in chevron Argent;
Crest
A bank schooner Azure sails Argent flying from the foremast a pennant the hoist Argent charged with a maple leaf Gules the tail per fess Argent and Gules;
Motto
AS LOVED OUR FATHERS;
Symbolism
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