- The Governor General of Canada
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Myroslaw Ivan de Semyhorod Welyhorskyj
Espanola, Ontario
Grant of Arms
January 14, 1995
Vol. II, p. 378
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Blazon
Arms
Per pale Gules and Argent dexter an arrow point chiefward surmounted by a horseshoe heels chiefward Or sinister a knight affronty standing in full armour visor closed helmet plumed with three ostrich feathers grasping in the dexter hand a lance point chiefward all sable embellished Or the whole within a bordure per pale counterchanged;
Crest
Issuant from a coronet rim Or charged with maple leaves Gules heightened with six towers Bleu-celeste three visible a leaping trout Argent speckled Sable its head circled with a cord Bleu-Celeste pendant therefrom a key Or;
Motto
КЛЕНИ БУЙНО РОСТУТЬНА ВЕЛИКІЙ ГОРІ. This Ukrainian phrase means "Maples flourish on the great mountain".
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, 1995, in Volume 129, page 3592 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
Robert Létourneau
Calligrapher
Suzzann Wright
Recipient Information
Individual