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Thomas Gordon Towers

Red Deer, Alberta
Grant of Arms and Supporters
August 5, 1992
Vol. II, p. 181

Click on each image to enlarge. The blazon and symbolism for each element will accompany the enlarged image.


Blazon

Arms

Azure a cowboy mounted on a horse statant between three ducal coronets Or;

Crest

A demi lion Or crowned with a coronet of wild roses Gules alternating with maple leaves on a rim Or the dexter paw holding a quill Azure the sinister paw supporting a book proper bound Azure the sinister page charged with a Latin cross Or;

Supporters

Upon prairie grass proper dexter a horse Or unguled Gules gorged with a collar of rope Azure pendant therefrom a stag's head erased Gules sinister a bull Or unguled and accorné Gules marked on the rump with the brand of Dromore Ranch Sable and gorged with a wreath of northwest poplar leaves Vert pendant therefrom a torteau charged with six mullets Or;

Motto

OMNIBUS QUIBUS OCCURRI INTERSUM. This Latin phrase means "I live among everything I ever ran into".


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 December 5, 1992, in Volume 126, page 3669 of the Canada Gazette.


Artist Information

Creator(s)
Original concept of Robert D. Watt, Chief Herald of Canada, assisted by the heralds of the Canadian Heraldic Authority.

Painter
Debra Parker

Calligrapher
John Whitehead


Recipient Information

Individual
Lieutenant-Governor