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Eugene Ipavec
Source: Canadian City Flags,
Raven 18
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The Cape Breton Regional Municipality (CBRM; 101,619 inhabitants in 2011,
therefore the second most populous municipality in Nova Scotia; 24,333 ha) is
located on the eastern side of Cape Breton Island. CBRM was formed on 1 August
1995 through the amalgamation of the Municipality of the County of Cape
Breton, the City of Sydney, the Towns of Glace Bay, Sydney Mines, New
Waterford, North Sydney, Dominion and Louisbourg.
Ivan Sache, 30 July
2012
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 Cape Breton Regional Municipality has a dark green
field bearing in its centre a Cape Breton sloop in yellow with white sails, yellow
spars, and a yellow outline. It is about one-half the height of the flag and
sails toward the hoist. It is surrounded by a double border connecting eight
maple leaves, all in yellow. Those on the corners point outward, and those
on the top, bottom, and sides point inward.
Rob Raeside, Canadian City Flags,
Raven 18,
2011
Robert D. Watt, Chief Herald of Canada, Canadian Heraldic
Authority.
Rob Raeside, Canadian City Flags,
Raven 18,
2011
A photo shows the flag hoisted in Sydney, together with the flags of Canada
and Nova Scotia.
http://www.cbrm.ns.ca/images/stories/sydney/056.jpg
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Source:
Canadian Heraldic Authority
The coat of arms
is presented as follows:
"Granted in 1997, the coat of arms acknowledges,
through eight maple leafs on a shield, the former municipalities that now
comprise the regional unit. The shield, the main element of the coat of arms,
also features a Cape Breton sloop taken from the original Great Seal of Cape
Breton. The colours green and gold represent forestry and tourism and reflect
the Cape Breton tartan. The shield is supported by a horse and a unicorn whose
collars include symbols of coal and steel, as well as a violin and bow
indicative of the creative spirit of the Cape Breton people and a garb of wheat
representing hospitality. The crest consists of a crown of stone with an open
portcullis (gate) referring to our historic gateway link welcoming immigrants to
the Western World. A rising phoenix, represented by a bald eagle, symbolizes the
birth of a new municipality from the remains of the old.
The unit rests
on a stone wall, representing the Municipality's fortifications, including
Fortress Louisbourg, and features a cape promontory alluding to the formal name
of our municipality.
The motto, "Fortuna Non Mutat Genus", translates
"Circumstance Does Not Change Our Origin", a fitting motto for this new
municipality. The motto "A Community of Communities" refers to the amalgamation
which took place in 1995.
http://www.cbrm.ns.ca/coat-of-arms.htm > - Municipal website
The
symbols of the Cape Breton Regional Municipality were granted on 16 April 1997
by Letters Patented published in the Public Registry of Arms, Flags and Badges,
Vol. III, p. 166, as announced on 24 March 2001 in the Canada Gazette, Vol. 135,
p. 937.
Motto
FORTUNA NON MUTAT GENUS. This Latin phrase means
"Fortune does not change our nature".
Arms
Vert within a double
tressure erablé counter-erablé of eight or a Cape Breton sloop or, sails argent,
pennon or;
Crest
Issuant from a mural coronet vert masoned or its gate
gules with portcullis raised between two windows all or a phoenix also or head
argent beaked or rising from flames gules;
Supporters
On a compartment
of a quay of stone argent masoned sable curving away from the shield rising
above barry wavy azure and argent enclosing a cape promontory set with fir trees
vert and mayflowers proper dexter a stallion argent crined and unguled sable
gorged with a collar the rim set on and above with lozenges sable pendant
therefrom a torteau charged with a garb or sinister a unicorn argent armed,
crined and unguled or gorged with a collar rim set above with the ends of rails
gules pendant therefrom a torteau charged with a fiddle in saltire with a bow
or;
Motto: A COMMUNITY OF COMMUNITIES;
Flag: A banner of the arms;
Badge: Eight maple leaves interlaced stems inwards or charged with an octagon
Vert surcharged with a Cape Breton sloop or sails argent pennon or.
http://archive.gg.ca/heraldry/pub-reg/project.asp?lang=e&ProjectID=684 -
Public Registry of Arms, Flags and Badges
Ivan Sache, 30 July
2012
