- The Governor General of Canada
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Maritime Museum of British Columbia
Victoria, British Columbia
Grant of Arms, Flags and Badge
March 20, 1990
Vol. II, p. 5
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Blazon
Arms
Or on a pile between two piles issuant in base Azure each charged with a key palewise erect wards outward Or an anchor Or surmounted by a Dogwood flower Argent seeded Or;
Crest
Issuant from a Naval Crown Or a seagull wings elevated and addorsed proper bearing in its beak a Dogwood flower Argent seeded Or slipped and leaved Vert;
Motto
PRAETERITA NOBIS FUTURA. This Latin phrase means "For us, the past is the future".
Flag
Argent, in dexter chief a canton of the arms and in the fly the badge;
Flag
On a swallow tail per pale Azure and Or the Azure bearing the badge;
Badge
On a hurt encircled by a rope and esigned with a Naval Crown an anchor Or surmounted by a Dogwood flower Argent seeded Or between two keys as in the Arms;
Symbolism
In general, the symbolism of emblems prior to 2000 does not exist in an appropriate format for the online Register.
Background
Canada Gazette Information
The announcement of the Letters Patent was made on June 30, 1990, in Volume 124, page 2363 of the Canada Gazette.
Artist Information
Creator(s)
Original concept of Graham Anderson, assisted by the heralds of the Canadian Heraldic Authority.
Painter
Frank Hird-Rutter
Calligrapher
Frank Hird-Rutter
Recipient Information
Civil Institution
Cultural Organization