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Corporation of the District of North Cowichan

North Cowichan, British Columbia
Grant of Arms, Supporters and Flag
November 20, 1989
Vol. I, p. 28

Arms of the Corporation of the District of North Cowichan
Arms of the Corporation of the District of North Cowichan Arms of the Corporation of the District of North Cowichan

Arms of the Corporation of the District of North Cowichan

Blazon

Or on a fess raguly Vert between two bars wavy Azure a Pacific Sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) naiant Argent between two dogwood flowers (Cornus nuttallii) also Argent seeded Or;

Crest of the Corporation of the District of North Cowichan

Blazon

A coronet composed alternately of garbs and miner's picks blades uppermost all Or;

Motto of the Corporation of the District of North Cowichan

Blazon

VESTIGIA NULLA RETRORSUM. This Latin phrase means "No stepping back".

Supporters of the Corporation of the District of North Cowichan

Blazon

On a grassy meadow, rising above waves of the sea crested Argent, dexter a logger vested in the style of the nineteenth century bearing across his shoulder a double bladed axe all proper, sinister a pioneer woman vested Azure in the style of the nineteenth century her apron proper;
Flag of the Corporation of the District of North Cowichan Flag of the Corporation of the District of North Cowichan

Flag of the Corporation of the District of North Cowichan

Blazon

Or on a pale Vert an inescutcheon of the Arms of the District of North Cowichan;

Background

Canada Gazette Information

The announcement of the letters patent was made on March 31, 1990 in Volume 124, page 1150 of the Canada Gazette.
Letters patent granting heraldic emblems to the Corporation of the District of North Cowichan Letters patent granting heraldic emblems to the Corporation of the District of North Cowichan

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