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Town of Picton
Picton, Ontario
Grant of Arms, Supporters and Flag
May 29, 1989
Vol. I, p. 33
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Blazon
Arms
Per pale Gules and Argent a representation of a Georgian town building between two maple leaf coronets in chief within a bordure all counterchanged;
Crest
Issuing out of a Loyalist civil coronet (rim Or, maple leaves Gules, oak leaves Vert lettered Sable) a demi stag Argent bearing in its dexter hoof a leaf of the Silver Maple Gules;
Supporters
Dexter a lion Ermine armed and langued Azure charged with a ship's wheel also Azure, sinister a horse Argent langued and unguled Azure charged with a cross crosslet fitchée also Azure, each standing on a grassy promontory joined by barry wavy Azure and Argent;
Motto
EX DUOBUS UNUM. This Latin phrase means "From two one".
Motto
PATRIOTISM · PERSEVERANCE · PRUDENCE;
Flag
Argent a canton of the Union flag of 1707 charged in the centre point with a Loyalist civil coronet Argent and in the fly the arms of the Town;
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 October 14, 1989, in Volume 123, page 4560 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
Donald Hallman
Calligrapher
John Whitehead
Recipient Information
Civil Institution
Regional, Municipal etc Government