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The municipality (township) of Central Elgin (12,743 inhabitants in 2011;
28,023 ha) was formed in 1998 as the merger of the township of Yarmouth and the
villages of Belmont and Port Stanley.
Ivan Sache, 12 April 2017
A vertical triband, blue-white-blue, with the municipal shield in the upper hoist.
Photos of the flag:
http://www.portstanleynews.com/details/addetails.aspx?menu=laptop_community-directory_public-services_municipality-of-central-elgin-council
The flag and arms of Central Elgin were inscribed on 1 March 1999 in the
Public Register of Arms, Flags and Badges, Vol. III, p. 303. The announcement of
the Letters Patent was made on 22 July 2000 in Vol. 134, p. 2,263 of the Canada
Gazette.
Blazon
Arms
Azure between four pallets
two and two wavy issuant from two bars wavy argent in base a fish leaping
between two ears of corn in pale or.
Crest
Issuant from a mural coronet
argent set with a frieze of maple leaves vert a mast azure flying therefrom a
sail or charged with a saltire cross couped gules.
Supporters
On a grassy
island vert set on barry wavy azure and argent dexter a demi deer azure attired
and unguled or gorged with a collar of trillium flowers argent queued of a fish
tail also argent sinister a demi horse azure maned and unguled or gorged and
queued in a same manner.
Motto
YOUNG AND STRONG · BRAVE AND PROUD
Flag
Azure a pale Argent in the canton an escutcheon of the Arms fimbriated Argent
Artist Information
Creator(s): Original concept of Robert D. Watt, Chief
Herald of Canada, assisted by the heralds of the Canadian Heraldic Authority
Painter: Eva Pilar-Cass
Calligrapher: Nancy Ellis
http://reg.gg.ca/heraldry/pub-reg/project.asp?lang=e&ProjectID=823 - Public
Register of Arms, Flags and Badges
The wavy white lines on the shield
represent the three significant geographic features within the municipality:
Lake Erie, Kettle Creek and Catfish Creek. The ears of corn and the fish located
in the centre of the shield represent Central Elgin's predecessor
municipalities: the agricultural roots of the township of Yarmouth and the
village of Belmont and the fishing heritage of the village of Port Stanley. The
sail represents Central Elgin's marine ties with the lake. St. Andrew's
(saltire) cross on the sail is symbolic of the family of Lord Elgin. The
mythical creatures on either side of the shield: horse/fish and deer/fish again
show the municipality's ties to both the land and Lake Erie. The horse is
representative of the work horses that pulled ploughs across the fields of
Yarmouth township. Finally, the deer was found on the coat of arms of the
village of Port Stanley, symbolizing the family of Lord Stanley for whom that
community was named.
http://www.centralelgin.org/content/symbols - Municipal website
James
Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin and 12th Earl of Kincardine (1811-1863) served as
Governor of Jamaica (1842–1846), Governor General of the Province of Canada
(1847–1854), and Viceroy of India (1862–1863). Edward George Geoffrey
Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby (1799-1869), known as Lord Stanley from 1834
to 1851, was Prime Minister of the
United Kingdom in 1852, 1858-1859, and
1866-1868.
Ivan Sache, 12 April 2017
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