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Port Hope, Ontario
Grant of Arms, Supporters, Flag and Badge
January 18, 1991
Vol. II, p. 83
Arms of the Town of Port HopeBlazonOr on a Canadian pale between two anchors Azure a young woman robed and standing on a mound Argent her sinister hand supporting an anchor Azure; |
CrestBlazonA mural crown Azure masoned and with three ports Argent rising therefrom a mast flying a pennant Or and a sail Argent bearing the arms of the Town; |
MottoBlazonSPES ANCHORA TUTA. This Latin phrase means "Hope is a safe anchor". |
SupportersBlazonOn a compartment of a stone harbour barrier proper rising above lake waters Azure crested Argent two deer Argent semé of chevrons Azure attired and unguled Or gorged with a Loyalist civil coronet Gules; |
Flag of the Town of Port HopeBlazonAzure on a Canadian pale Or an escutcheon of the Arms fimbriated Azure; |
Badge of the Town of Port HopeBlazonAn anchor Or enfiling a mural crown Azure masoned and of three ports Argent; |
BackgroundCanada Gazette InformationThe announcement of the letters patent was made on May 4, 1991 in Volume 125, page 1485 of the Canada Gazette.  |
Additional InformationCreator(s)Original concept of Robert D. Watt, Chief Herald of Canada, assisted by the heralds of the Canadian Heraldic Authority. PainterAnatol Kozlowski CalligrapherJohn Whitehead Recipient TypeCivil Institution
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