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District of Tumbler Ridge

Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia
Grant of Arms, Supporters and Flag
February 12, 1992
Vol. II, p. 142

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Blazon

Arms

Per fess rayonny Gules and Or in chief an elk's head caboshed affronty also Or in base three lozenges Sable;

Crest

Out of a coronet érablé Gules a representation of a mountain Argent semé of lozenges Sable charged between its two peaks with a pale wavy Azure bearing two like pallets Argent;

Supporters

On a rocky outcropping proper dexter a caribou sinister a grizzly bear per fess rayonny Or and tenné the bear holding a staff proper flying to the sinister the District's Flag;

Motto

INVITATIO PROSPERITATI. This Latin phrase means "Invitation to prosperity".

Flag

A banner of the Arms the fly bordered compony Gules and Or;


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 July 25, 1992, in Volume 126, page 2302 of the Canada Gazette.


Artist Information

Creator(s)
Original concept of Graham Anderson, assisted by the heralds of the Canadian Heraldic Authority.

Painter
Linda Nicholson

Calligrapher
Nancy Ellis


Recipient Information

Civil Institution
Regional, Municipal etc Government