- The Governor General of Canada
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City of Richmond
Richmond, British Columbia
Registration of Arms, Supporters and Badge
April 15, 1996
Vol. III, p. 96
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Blazon
Arms
Or on a pale wavy Azure three leaping salmon in pale proper;
Crest
Rising from a circlet of maple leaves Gules and dogwood flowers alternately a dove wings elevated and addorsed in its beak a sprig of olive proper;
Supporters
On a grassy mound with sprigs of blueberry fructed growing therefrom all proper dexter a female figure proper crined Or vested Argent supporting with the exterior hand a cornucopia at the mouth its tail over her shoulder proper sinister a like figure about her shoulders a riband Gules thereon roses Argent barbed and seeded proper supporting with the exterior hand a cornucopia by its tail also proper its mouth to the ground;
Motto
CHILD OF THE FRASER;
Badge
An anchor Azure environed of strawberry plant flowered and charged at the arms and shank junction with a strawberry flower proper;
Symbolism
In general, the symbolism of emblems prior to 2000 does not exist in an appropriate format for the online Register.
Background
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Canada Gazette Information
The announcement of the Letters Patent was made on November 23, 1996, in Volume 130, page 3280 of the Canada Gazette.
Artist Information
Creator(s)
Not appicable
Painter
* Not applicable / Sans objet
Calligrapher
* Not applicable / Sans objet
Recipient Information
Civil Institution
Regional, Municipal etc Government
The recipient’s emblems were originally recorded in the records of the College of Arms, 16 August 1979.