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and Kevin
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The City of Barrie (136,063 inhabitants in 2011; 7,698 ha) is located in
southern Ontario. The town is named for Sir Raymond Barrie (1774-1841), a
British officer of the Royal Navy noted for his service in the War of 1812, who
was promoted to rear admiral in 1837.
Ivan Sache, 15 November 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.
On the flag of the City of Barrie, the upper fourth is red with
three symbols in golden yellow with black details: a naval crown in the centre,
a winged wheel on the left, and a cog wheel on the right. The lower three-fourths
of the flag is white with three sets of wavy double-bands in dark blue.
The bands have three rises and extend the full length of the flag.
Doreen
Braverman, Canadian City Flags,
Raven 18,
2011
Barrie is on the western shore of Lake Simcoe, on the old
portage route between Lakes Superior and Huron. The naval crown alludes
to the connection the city had not only with Sir Robert Barrie, for whom the
city was named in 1833, but also the naval luminaries remembered in the
names of the lake, the bay, and several streets in the city. The winged wheel
represents transportation, recalling Barrie’s long-time role as a centre of transportation—beginning in the days of the War of 1812. The cog wheel represents
the thriving secondary industry established in Barrie from its early times.
The three waves were adopted from Sir Robert Barrie’s shield and allude to
the city’s location on the waters of Kempenfelt Bay. The flag is a banner of
the city’s arms.
Doreen Braverman, Canadian City Flags,
Raven 18,
2011
City Solicitor Osmond J. Rowe, who had designed Barrie’s
coat of arms.
Doreen Braverman, Canadian City Flags,
Raven 18,
2011
Photos of the flag:
http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM391E_Municipal_Flag_Barrie_Ontario_Canada
http://www.waymarking.com/gallery/image.aspx?f=1&guid=6c8a0bbe-e6ee-4dfe-b456-b04f06adb8c8
Ivan Sache, 15 November 2012
Commodore Sir Robert Barrie was stationed
in Kingston and commanded all the naval forces in Canada. On his annual
inspections of the naval establishment at Penetanguishene, the portage passed
through Barrie. In 1833, Lady Barrie wrote to relatives in England suggesting
that Barrie would be a good place for them to settle in Canada. It seemed
appropriate, therefore, that some element of Sir Barrie’s arms be incorporated
into the flag.
Doreen Braverman, Canadian City Flags,
Raven 18,
2011
![[Barrie, Ontario]](../images/c/ca-on-beo-l.gif)
1:2 image by
Eugene Ipavec
Source: Canadian City Flags,
Raven 18
The flag is a banner of the municipal arms. The arms, supporters and
badge of Barrie were registered in 20 January 2005 on the Public Register of
Arms, Flags and Badges, as follows:
"Arms
Argent three bars gemel wavy
azure, on a chief gules a naval crown between a winged wheel and a cog wheel or;
Crest
Issuant from a mural crown gules, a mount vert thereon a mercat
cross or;
Supporters
Dexter a private soldier in the uniform of the
Canadian Army of the First World War standing easy with a rifle supported by the
dexter hand, sinister the goddess Ceres proper vested argent wreathed about the
temples with a garland of corn ears or, holding in the sinister hand a basket of
fruit proper at the feet a garb or;
Motto
THE PEOPLE ARE THE CITY."
The announcement of the Letters Patent was made on March 12, 2005, in Volume
139, page 690 of the Canada Gazette. The recipient’s emblems were originally
recorded in the records of the College of Arms, London, England, 1 March 1977.
http://archive.gg.ca/heraldry/pub-reg/project.asp?lang=e&ProjectID=436&ShowAll=1
- Public Register of Arms, Flags and Badges
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lindasgallery/6933622388 - Image of the arms
Ivan Sache, 15 November 2012
![[Barrie, Ontario]](../images/c/ca-on-be_ft.jpg)
image contributed by Valentin Poposki, 9 December 2011
This flag can be seen in a photo at
http://www.fairtradebarrie.com/gallery2011.html and
http://www.fairtradebarrie.com/gallery/20110503-2l.jpg. It is the Fair
Trade flag for the City of Barrie, Ontario.
Valentin Poposki, 9
December 2011
![[Barrie, Ontario]](../images/c/ca-on-be_safe.gif)
image by Randy Young, 16 March 2015
I came across another flag for Barrie. Apparently, in August 2014, Barrie was
declared Canada's Safest City, and was presented with a special flag to denote
that honor. The flag shows the "Safest City" seal with the city's name centered
on a white field.
Randy Young, 16 March 2015
![[Barrie Police Service, Ontario]](../images/c/ca-on-be_bps.gif)
image by Randy Young, 16 March 2015
The Barrie Police Service flag is the flash on a blue field:
http://www.barriepolice.ca/sites/all/files/imagecache/photo_gallery_large/galleries/police_in_comm/flag_3.jpg.
The flash is seen at
http://www.cp24.com/polopoly_fs/1.1307449.1370180551!/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_620/image.jpg
Dave Fowler, 15 March 2015
![[Barrie Police Service, Ontario]](../images/c/ca-on-be_bps2.gif)
image by Randy Young, 16 March 2015
Just to make things complicated, here is a BPS flag with the service flash on
a white field, with a gold fringe:
http://www.barriepolice.ca/sites/all/files/imagecache/story_large2/Swearing%20in-10%20Dec%202008-914-0042b.JPG,
http://www.barriepolice.ca/sites/all/files/imagecache/story_large2/Group%20Photo.jpg
Dave Fowler, 16 March 2015
![[Barrie Police Service, Ontario]](../images/c/ca-on-be_bpsp.gif)
image by Randy Young, 16 March 2015
From Barrie Police website:
"The Power Of One Person To Make A Difference
... February 25th, 2015
This morning, the Barrie Police Service replaced
their Barrie Police flag with a pink flag in support of ‘Pink Shirt Day’ and in
support of
Anti-Bullying Awareness. ..."
http://www.barriepolice.ca/newsroom/2015/02/power-one-person-make-difference
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 16 March 2015
