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Lisgar Collegiate Institute

Ottawa, Ontario
Grant of Arms, Supporters, Flag and Badge
September 7, 1993
Vol. II, p. 260

Arms of Lisgar Collegiate Institute

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Blazon

Arms

Azure on a fess between three shamrocks Argent a lamp of learning Azure enflamed proper;

Crest

A demi lion Argent langued armed and charged on the shoulder with a mascle Azure and holding between the forepaws an open book proper bound Azure the pages charged with three maple leaves conjoined on one stem Gules;

Supporters

Upon a grassy bank growing thereon tulips below which is set a representation of a canal wall proper rising above barry wavy Azure and Argent dragons Argent gorged with coronets of trefoils Azure;

Motto

ALERE FLAMMAM. This Latin phrase means "Feed the flame".


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