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Corporation of the Township of Wilmot
Wilmot, Ontario
Grant of Arms, Supporters, Flag and Badge
September 2, 1994
Vol. II, p. 349
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Blazon
Arms
Or two piles and one pile reversed Gules each charged with an ear of wheat of nine grains Or;
Crest
A mural coronet of five merlons Azure masoned Argent charged with a water wheel between two garbs Or;
Supporters
On two grassy hills intersected by a wavy pale Azure fimbriated Argent two lions Or each gorged with a coronet erablé Gules and holding in the interior forepaw a lightning flash Argent;
Motto
BUILDING A SURE FOUNDATION;
Flag
Azure on a Canadian pale Argent an escutcheon of the Arms;
Badge
A triple towered castle Or issuant from a coronet erablé and charged with a water wheel 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 December 3, 1994, in Volume 128, page 4584 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
Joan Bouwmeester
Calligrapher
Joan Bouwmeester
Recipient Information
Civil Institution
Regional, Municipal etc Government