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Eugene IpavecSee also:
Portage la Prairie is a city located in central southern Manitoba. The city
flag is a 1:2:1 green, white, green vertical triband with municipal arms
centered. The 5th city/town/village in Manitoba with this template. Special
thanks to Sharon Williams, Manager of Administration, for flag depiction and
info.
http://www.city.portage-la-prairie.mb.ca
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portage_la_Prairie
John S. Johnson,
20 September 2011
Text and image(s) from Canadian City Flags, Raven 18 (2011), courtesy of the North American Vexillological Association, which retains copyright. Image(s) by permission of Eugene Ipavec.
The flag of the City of Portage la Prairie is a Canadian pale design
of green-white-green, with its coat of arms in its centre, five-eighths the height
of the flag. The simple shield has a horizontal top and simply-curved sides
forming a pointed “U” shape. It has a green field, crossed near the top and
bottom by a wavy blue horizontal stripe bordered in white. In the centre are
two wheat sheaves, side by side, in yellow with bands of red. Above the shield
is a knight’s helmet in blue with red and white details; around it and draping
alongside the upper sides of the shield is mantling in green and white. Atop
the helmet is a torse of white and green, atop that is a green mound with a
circlet of three maple leaves in red, and above all is a Canada goose (Branta
canadensis) in green and white with black details, rising in flight toward the
hoist. Below the shield curves a yellow scroll curled at each end to show a red
back, inscribed PROGRESS in black serif letters.
Jim Croft, Canadian City Flags,
Raven 18,
2011
The two wheat sheaves on green represent agriculture, an
important local economic resource; they derive from the city’s 1880 seal, as
does the motto. The wavy blue and white stripes represent the Assiniboine
River and Lake Manitoba. The first European explorers in this area were
Radisson and Grosseilliers, who came between 1658 and 1690 seeking furs.
Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, Sieur de La Vérendrye, established Fort la Reine
here in 1738. The city’s name Portage la Prairie derives from the “Prairie Portage”
through which the explorers had to transport goods overland between
the river and the lake. The Canada goose symbolizes one of the many local
waterfowl species. The red maple leaves and the Canadian pale design refer to
Portage la Prairie as a Canadian municipality. The city’s traditional colours,
reflected in the stripes on the flag, are green and white.
Jim Croft, Canadian City Flags,
Raven 18,
2011
Unknown. Mr. R.G.M. Macpherson designed the coat of arms.
Jim Croft, Canadian City Flags,
Raven 18,
2011
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