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Corporation of the City of Kingston

Kingston, Ontario
Registration of Arms, Supporters and Badge
September 29, 1992
Vol. II, p. 204

Arms of the Corporation of the City of Kingston

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Blazon

Arms

Gules issuant from a base wavy Argent charged with two barrulets wavy Azure a Lake Ontario Martello tower proper in chief an antique crown Or;

Crest

On a rock proper rising from water barry wavy Argent and Azure a beaver statant Or;

Supporters

Dexter a griffin segreant Or charged on the shoulder with a maple leaf Gules sinister a lion rampant Or charged on the shoulder with a like maple leaf;

Motto

PRO REGE GREGE ET LEGE. This Latin phrase means "For the King, the people and the law".


Symbolism

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