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Montréal, Lower Canada
Registration of Arms
August 15, 2012
Vol. VI, p. 166
Arms of William McGillivrayBlazonQuarterly, 1st Or a cat sejant guardant proper, 2nd Ermine a glove fesswise proper, 3rd Argent a fish naiant in the sea proper, 4th Azure a lymphad with sails furled and oars in action Or flags Gules on a chief Or a buck’s head caboshed Sable attired between two cross-crosslets fitché Gules, the whole within a bordure per pale Gules and Argent, over all on a chief Argent floating on waves a birch bark canoe therein a European and Canadian voyageurs the latter with their paddles in action all proper in the stern a flag hoisted Gules inscribed NW in letters Or; SymbolismNot available; |
CrestBlazonA beaver gnawing at the trunk of a tree the branches thereof enfiled by a escrol bearing the motto PERSEVERANCE all proper; SymbolismNot available; |
MottoBlazonTOUCH NOT THE CAT BUT A GLOVE; SymbolismNot applicable; |
MottoBlazonPERSEVERANCE; SymbolismNot applicable; |
BackgroundCanada Gazette InformationThe announcement of the letters patent was made on March 23, 2013 in Volume 147, page 536 of the Canada Gazette.  |
Additional InformationCreator(s)Not available PainterArtist of the College of Arms, London / Artiste du Collège d’armes, Londres CalligrapherNot applicable Recipient TypeIndividual Other InformationThe recipient's emblems were originally recorded in the records of the College of Arms, London, England, 6 June 1823. |