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Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
Grant of Arms and Badge
October 24, 1994
Vol. II, p. 357
Arms of Mark Murray de WeerdtBlazonAzure a compass rose of sixteen points Or charged with a maple leaf Gules on a chief Sable supported by a fillet wavy Argent four suns in splendour Or; |
CrestBlazonIssuant from a circle of maple leaves Gules alternating with mountain avens slipped and leaved proper a demi gyrfalcon wings displayed Argent embellished Azure holding in the beak an ansul Gules; |
MottoBlazonDROIT SOIT FAIT, meaning "That right might be done"; |
Badge of Mark Murray de WeerdtBlazonA demi lion Sable winged Argent armed and langued Gules gorged with a coronet érablé Or its nether part a whale's tail Argent; |
BackgroundCanada Gazette InformationThe announcement of the letters patent was made on April 22, 1995 in Volume 129, page 1190 of the Canada Gazette.  |
Additional InformationCreator(s)Original concept of Mark Murray de Weerdt (Arms) and Robert D. Watt, Chief Herald of Canada (Badge), assisted by the heralds of the Canadian Heraldic Authority. PainterJoan Bouwmeester CalligrapherJoan Bouwmeester Recipient TypeIndividual |