The Viceregal Lion
  1. The Governor General of Canada
Heraldry Today

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Banff Springs Hotel

Banff, Alberta
Grant of a Badge
June 5, 1998
Vol. III, p. 261

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Blazon

Badge

Out of a mural coronet Or the merlons topped with truncated pyramids Bleu Celeste and encircled with fir trees Vert an antique crown Argent the points charged alternately with flames proper and water droplets Azure issuant therefrom a beaver sejeant Or wearing a coronet érablé Gules bearing in the dexter paw a torch paly Or and Azure enflamed proper;


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 January 30, 1999, in Volume 133, page 182 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
Joan Bouwmeester

Calligrapher
Joan Bouwmeester


Recipient Information

Civil Institution
Profit Organization