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The Town of Torbay (7,397 inhabitants in 2011; 3,488 ha) borders St. John's,
the capital of Newfoundland and Labrador.
Quoting the municipal website:
[...] Torbay dates back to the 1500’s. Our shores have been influenced by wars,
historic events, the rise and fall of the fishery, and an economic and
population boom. Our namesake is in Devonshire, England, and ‘Torbay’ was first
noted on a Newfoundland Map 400 years ago. An extract from Bishop Field’s
Journal states: “Indeed, there seems to be a little colony of Devon folk in
Torbay.”
The census of 1677 indicated residents from “Tarr-Bay,”
Newfoundland. By 1794 the population totalled 108 English settlers and 99 Irish
settlers. The community of Torbay experienced three French Campaigns, the first
as early as 1696. These invasions contributed to the eventual construction of
the Torbay Battery in 1781. Colonel William Amherst and his troops landed in
1762, on their way to recapturing the capital city of St. John’s from the
French. [...]
http://torbay.ca/?Content=Torbay/About_Torbay/Beautiful_History
The
flag of Torbay is in proportions 1:2, blue, with the municipal seal in the
middle, placed on a white oval. On the flag, the motto under the seal is
replaced by a blue scroll inscribed "TORBAY" in white letters.
Quoting
the municipal website:
The coat of arms of Torbay, Newfoundland is the same
as that of Torbay, England. The following is a description of the Coat of Arms
in relation to Torbay, England:
"The background of blue with the curved
'chief' of gold suggests the shape of Torbay and its sea and sands. The mural
crown is familiar in civic arms as a symbol of local government; its red colour
indicates that of the Devon earth. Here, it is shown with four crenellations,
and suggests Torbay constituting one civic authority comprising four formerly
separate ones. The gold lymphad, refers to the many current and historical
marine activities at Torquay, Paignton, Brixham and on the River Dart at
Churston Ferrers, but particularly in Torbay proper. The ship bears the ancient
St. George flags and streamers signifying associations with the Navy at various
periods. Hanging from the masthead is a unique device representing the union of
four marine authorities - a cross composed of the beams and stocks of four
anchors, each limb resembling the letter T.
The basic colours of the
wreath, blue and gold, allude to sea and sands of Torbay. Blue is one of the
livery colours of the arms of the Borough of Torquay and of Paignton UDC and
also prominent in the unofficial arms of Brixham UDC, whose blue and gold livery
recalls, in the colours of the arms of Nassau, the historic landing of William
III at Torbay. The crosier is one of the three from the arms of Torre Abbey,
whose gateway is seen in the Torquay shield. The dolphins, from the crests of
Brixham and Paignton, represent the pleasure of the seaside and its activities.
The horseshoe refers to Churston Ferrers and is from the arms of the Ferrers
family.
The sea lions are derived from the sea lion, which is one of the
supporters of the arms of the County Council. Its leonine part is red like that
of the lion in the County arms and those of certain families connected with
local history. Each has a cable round the neck from which hangs a Tau cross,
resembling the letter T for Torbay and resembling in sound, when anglicized, the
syllable 'Tor'."
"Motto 'SALUS ET FELICITAS': ‘Health and happiness.’
Granted 12 March 1968 to the Torbay CBC.
http://torbay.ca/?Content=Torbay/Town_Crest
The arms of Torbay (England) were granted on 12 May 1968
http://www.ngw.nl/int/gbr/t/torbay.htm - Heraldry of the World website
Ivan Sache, 12 August 2012
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