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Victoria, British Columbia
Grant of Arms and Supporters
August 28, 1989
Vol. I, p. 26
Arms of David See-Chai LamBlazonGules a Chinese dragon Or reaching for a pearl Argent on a chief Or a Latin cross Gules between two pine trees Vert; |
CrestBlazonAn antique crown Or garnished with jade proper issuant therefrom a demi lion Or holding between his forepaws a jade ball proper; |
MottoBlazonAD FUTURA ASPIRANS. This Latin phrase means "Aspiring to the future". |
SupportersBlazonOn a rocky promontory proper charged with three Pacific Dogwood flowers Argent leaved Vert seeded Or two horses Argent langued Gules unguled Or gorged with antique crown Or garnished with jade proper each horse holding a gonfalon Argent inscribed the dexter one inscribed, in Chinese characters, meaning "Forgetting what is behind" and the sinister one inscribed, in Chinese characters, meaning "Straining toward what is ahead" in letters Sable (Philippians 3:13); |
BackgroundCanada Gazette InformationThe announcement of the letters patent was made on October 14, 1989 in Volume 123, page 4560 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. PainterKathryn Adams CalligrapherJudith Bainbridge Recipient TypeIndividual Special DesignationLieutenant Governor |