The Viceregal Lion
  1. The Governor General of Canada
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John James Kinley

Halifax, Nova Scotia
Grant of Arms and Supporters
August 11, 1997
Vol. III, p. 189

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Blazon

Arms

Argent a saltire Azure surmounted by an escutcheon Or charged with a Lunenburg schooner Azure sails Argent the whole between in chief an annulet Sable in fess two anchors also Sable the dexter fouled Or and in base a triple bladed propeller Sable garnished Or;

Crest

A beaver sejeant rampant Or armed Gules wearing a coronet erablé and holding between its forepaws a small stump Or issuant from tufts of grass Vert and sprouting two maple leaves Gules;

Supporters

On a grassy mound Vert set with mayflowers proper impaling waves of the sea Azure crested Argent dexter an osprey Argent beaked and membered Or armed Gules wearing a coronet Or set above alternately with maple leaves Gules and mayflowers proper sinister a dolphin Argent finned and tailed Or wearing a like coronet;

Motto

PROGRESS WITH STABILITY;


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 November 22, 1997, in Volume 131, page 3591 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
Debra MacGarvie

Calligrapher
Nancy Ellis


Recipient Information

Individual
Lieutenant-Governor