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The Corporation of the Town of Kinnaird
Kinnaird, British Columbia
Registration of Arms
March 20, 2025
Vol. VIII, p. 365
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Blazon
Arms
Gules a sunburst Or issuant from a base enarched dancetty Azure charged with two barrulets wavy, overall on a fess wavy Argent a maple leaf between two crescents Gules;
The Arms are ensigned by a mural crown Azure masoned Or;
Motto
LUMENES HAEC ERRANTIAE NUNQUAM;
* This Latin phrase appears in the Lyon Register. A grammatically correct version would be HÆC LUMINA NUNQUAM ERRANTIA.
Symbolism
Arms
The Canadian Heraldic Authority does not have confirmed symbolism for this emblem. The following comments are hypotheses only. The wavy blue and white stripes and the sun are derived from the arms of British Columbia. The arching saw-tooth shape likely alludes to a circular saw and thus the importance of the lumber industry to the town, the location of a sawmill. The wavy horizontal stripe and the crescents are taken from the arms of the Scottish Lords of Kinnaird, the town likely having been named in honour of Arthur Kinnaird, 11th Lord Kinnaird, who was a significant stockholder in the Canadian Pacific Railway. The maple leaf symbolizes the town’s Canadian identity.
The mural crown identifies a municipality.
Motto
This Latin phrase means “These lights never wander.” It is a response to the Latin motto used by the Scottish Kinnaird Clan, which warns that “Wandering lights deceive.”
Background
Canada Gazette Information
The announcement of the Letters Patent was made on January 1, 1900, in Volume 0, page 0 of the Canada Gazette.
Artist Information
Creator(s)
Original conccept of the Court of the Lord Lyon, Edinburgh.
Painter
* Not applicable / Sans objet
Calligrapher
* Not applicable / Sans objet
Recipient Information
Civil Institution
Government
The recipient’s emblems were originally recorded in the records of the Court of the Lord Lyon, Edinburgh, Scotland, 20 March 1969.