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Picton, Ontario
Grant of Arms, Supporters and Flag
May 29, 1989
Vol. I, p. 33
Arms of the Town of PictonBlazonPer pale Gules and Argent a representation of a Georgian town building between two maple leaf coronets in chief within a bordure all counterchanged; |
CrestBlazonIssuing out of a Loyalist civil coronet (rim Or, maple leaves Gules, oak leaves Vert lettered Sable) a demi stag Argent bearing in its dexter hoof a leaf of the Silver Maple Gules; |
MottoBlazonPATRIOTISM · PERSEVERANCE · PRUDENCE; SymbolismThe symbolism of this emblem is found in other element(s) of this record. |
MottoBlazonEX DUOBUS UNUM. This Latin phrase means "From two one". |
SupportersBlazonDexter a lion Ermine armed and langued Azure charged with a ship's wheel also Azure, sinister a horse Argent langued and unguled Azure charged with a cross crosslet fitchée also Azure, each standing on a grassy promontory joined by barry wavy Azure and Argent; |
Flag of the Town of PictonBlazonArgent a canton of the Union flag of 1707 charged in the centre point with a Loyalist civil coronet Argent and in the fly the arms of the Town; |
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. PainterDonald Hallman CalligrapherJohn Whitehead Recipient TypeCivil Institution
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