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Winnipeg, Manitoba
Registration of Arms
June 1, 1999
Vol. III, p. 318
Arms of Hugh Alexander George Macdonald GainsfordBlazonQuarterly first Argent a lion rampant Gules armed and langued Azure second Or a dexter hand couped fessways proper holding a cross-crosslet fitchée Azure third Or a lymphad sails furled and oars in action Sable flagged Gules fourth barry wavy of six Argent and Azure a salmon naiant proper over all on a fess Vert a covered cup between two sprigs of three leaves of maple slipped Or all within a bordure compony Gules and Argent; |
CrestBlazonA dexter forearm paleways proper the hand holding a balance fessways together with a sprig of three leaves of maple slipped Or; |
MottoBlazonPER AQUAM ET TERRAM. This Latin phrase means "Through water and through land". |
BackgroundCanada Gazette InformationThe announcement of the letters patent was made on July 22, 2000 in Volume 134, page 2264 of the Canada Gazette.  |
Additional InformationCreator(s)Not available PainterNot applicable CalligrapherNot applicable Recipient TypeIndividual Other InformationThe recipient’s emblems were originally recorded in the records of the Court of the Lord Lyon, Edinburgh, Scotland, 28 May 1970. |