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Victoria, British Columbia
Grant of Arms, Flags and Badge
March 20, 1990
Vol. II, p. 5
Arms of the Maritime Museum of British ColumbiaBlazonOr on a pile between two piles issuant in base Azure each charged with a key palewise erect wards outward Or an anchor Or surmounted by a Dogwood flower Argent seeded Or; |
CrestBlazonIssuant from a Naval Crown Or a seagull wings elevated and addorsed proper bearing in its beak a Dogwood flower Argent seeded Or slipped and leaved Vert; |
MottoBlazonPRAETERITA NOBIS FUTURA. This Latin phrase means "For us, the past is the future". |
Flag of the Maritime Museum of British ColumbiaBlazonArgent, in dexter chief a canton of the arms and in the fly the badge; |
Burgee of the Maritime Museum of British ColumbiaBlazonOn a swallow tail per pale Azure and Or the Azure bearing the badge; |
Badge of the Maritime Museum of British ColumbiaBlazonOn a hurt encircled by a rope and esigned with a Naval Crown an anchor Or surmounted by a Dogwood flower Argent seeded Or between two keys as in the Arms; |
BackgroundCanada Gazette InformationThe announcement of the letters patent was made on June 30, 1990 in Volume 124, page 2363 of the Canada Gazette.  |
Additional InformationCreator(s)Original concept of Graham Anderson, assisted by the heralds of the Canadian Heraldic Authority. PainterFrank Hird-Rutter CalligrapherFrank Hird-Rutter Recipient TypeCivil Institution
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