- The Governor General of Canada
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Village of Bath
Bath, Ontario
Grant of Arms, Supporters, Flag and Badge
April 22, 1997
Vol. III, p. 169
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Blazon
Arms
Or on a fess between in chief a representation of the steam vessel Frontenac tempore 1816 and in base two bars wavy all Azure a Loyalist civil coronet Or;
Crest
Issuant from a mural coronet Azure masoned Argent charged with three crosses moline Or a demi griffin Or armed Azure gorged with lilac flowers Purpure bearing between its claws a representation of a Georgian house Argent;
Supporters
On a grassy mound set on limestone rocks proper two sprigs of vinca flowers also proper issuant from a maple leaf Or dexter a man habited in a uniform of Jessup's Loyal Rangers tempore 1784 sinister a woman habited as a Loyalist settler tempore 1784 all proper;
Motto
SEMPER FIDELIS. This Latin phrase means "Always faithful".
Flag
Gules a canton of the Union Flag of 1707 in the fly an escutcheon of the Arms;
Badge
A demi griffin Azure in its dexter claw a panicle of lilac Argent enfiling a Loyalist civil coronet Or;
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 March 24, 2001, in Volume 135, page 937 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
David Farrar
Calligrapher
Nancy Ellis
Recipient Information
Civil Institution
Regional, Municipal etc Government