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Corporation of the Township of Cumberland

Orleans, Ontario
Registration of Arms, Supporters, Flag and Badge
May 20, 1998
Vol. III, p. 245

Arms of the Corporation of the Township of Cumberland
Flag of the Corporation of the Township of Cumberland
Badge of the Corporation of the Township of Cumberland
Arms of the Corporation of the Township of Cumberland

Arms of the Corporation of the Township of Cumberland

Blazon

Azure two axes in saltire Or heads uppermost Argent on a chief wavy also Argent two barrulets wavy Azure;

Crest of the Corporation of the Township of Cumberland

Blazon

Perched on a mural crown Or a Blue Jay holding in the beak a trillium slipped proper;

Motto of the Corporation of the Township of Cumberland

Blazon

AVORUM HONORI. This Latin phrase means "For the honour of our ancestors".

Supporters of the Corporation of the Township of Cumberland

Blazon

Upon a compartment composed of logs and sticks floating upon water proper on either side a beaver Or that on the dexter gorged with a collar Gules charged with roses Argent barbed and seeded proper that on the sinister with a collar Azure charged with fleurs-de-lis Or;
Flag of the Corporation of the Township of Cumberland

Flag of the Corporation of the Township of Cumberland

Blazon

A Standard of the Arms at the staff the fly barry of six pieces Gules and Azure overall three representations of the badge separated by two bends Argent inscribed with the Motto all within a bordure compony Argent and Azure on the three outer edges;
Badge of the Corporation of the Township of Cumberland

Badge of the Corporation of the Township of Cumberland

Blazon

A hurt fimbriated and ensigned by a length of wall with two crenels Or overall two axes in saltire Or the heads uppermost Argent;

Background

Canada Gazette Information

The announcement of the letters patent was made on January 30, 1999 in Volume 133, page 181 of the Canada Gazette.
Letters patent registering the heraldic emblems of the Corporation of the Township of Cumberland

Additional Information

Creator(s)

Not available

Painter

* Not applicable / Sans objet

Calligrapher

* Not applicable / Sans objet

Recipient Type

Civil Institution

Notes

The recipient’s emblems were originally recorded in the records of the College of Arms, London, England, 23 April 1979.

Images courtesy of the Corporation of the Township of Cumberland.