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The Corporation of the City of Port Coquitlam
Port Coquitlam, British Columbia
Grant of Arms, Supporters, Flag and Badges
December 21, 1992
Vol. II, p. 228
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Blazon
Arms
Argent on a fess sapinagé Vert between in Chief a salmon and in base a steam locomotive wheel Gules two barrulets Or;
Crest
A mural coronet Gules masoned Argent charged with six anchors Or three visible;
Supporters
On a grassy mound on either side a beaver sejant Or the dexter gorged with a ducal coronet Gules the sinister gorged with a circlet of Azalea flowers Gules leaved Vert pendant from each collar a Salish spindle whorl Gules bearing the image of a salmon Argent;
Motto
WORKING TOGETHER FOR THE FUTURE;
Motto
BY COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY WE PROSPER;
Flag
Vert a canton of the arms of the City and in the fly a plate charged with three salmon interlaced Gules;
Badge
A steam locomotive wheel Gules surmounted by a salish spindle whorl bearing an image of a salmon Or;
Badge
A plate charged with three interlaced salmon Gules;
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 26, 1993, in Volume 127, page 2076 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