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Winnipeg, Manitoba
Registration of Arms, Supporters and Badge
December 23, 1996
Vol. III, p. 153
Arms of William John McKeagBlazonArgent on a fess Gules between three trefoils Vert a buffalo's head caboshed and crowned between two oak sprigs fructed Or; |
CrestBlazonIssuant from an ancient crown Or the gate of Fort Garry between two sprigs of heather proper; |
MottoBlazonMELIUS FORTUNATUS QUAM CALLIDUS. This Latin phrase means "Better fortunate than clever". |
SupportersBlazonDexter a lion guardant Or and sinister a buffalo guardant proper; |
Badge of William John McKeagBlazonThree horseshoes interlaced fesswise Or and by an undulating riband reflexed above to the sinister and below to the dexter per fess Gules and Argent; |
BackgroundCanada Gazette InformationThe announcement of the letters patent was made on November 22, 1997 in Volume 131, page 3590 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 Special DesignationLieutenant Governor Other InformationThe recipient’s emblems were originally recorded in the records of the College of Arms, London, England, 4 June 1981. |