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  New Brunswick - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
New Brunswick is bounded on the north by Quebec's Gaspé Peninsula and Chaleur Bay and on the east by the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and Northumberland Strait.
New Brunswick was one of the four original provinces of Canada formed with Confederation in 1867.
The situation in New Brunswick was worsened by the Great Fire of 1877 in Saint John and by the decline of the wooden sailing shipbuilding industry.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/New_Brunswick   (4135 words)

  
 Eureka4you.com - New Brunswick   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
New Brunswick's coat of arms was adopted in 1968.
In New Brunswick, the purple violet, (Viola palmata, var, cucullata) was officially adopted in 1936.
The New Brunswick tartan, the balsam fir, and the fl-capped chickadee.
www.eureka4you.com /nb/nbindex.htm   (145 words)

  
 Unveiling of the Coat of Arms of the Association des Bourgeois d'Acadie
Almost 600 coats of arms have been granted since 1988 to municipalities big and small, and the new Canadian territory of Nunavut will soon be receiving its arms; to universities and colleges; to individuals; and to associations of families, most of them right here in the Acadian region of New Brunswick.
Coats of arms are a badge of honour, but first and foremost, they are symbols of identification and solidarity.
Your coat of arms and crest evoke the memory of the first ancestor with the cord of St. Francis of Assisi, and echoes the name of the vessel in which Jacques Bourgeois set sail from France to establish a great family and a new country.
www.gg.ca /media/doc.asp?lang=e&DocID=29   (513 words)

  
 Coat of Arms of Canada : QuicklyFind Info
Canada's coat of arms was proclaimed by King George V on November 21, 1921, as the Arms or Ensigns Armorial of the Dominion of Canada.
Initially, the leaves were coloured green on the coat of arms because it was thought to represent youth, as opposed to the red colour of dying leaves in autumn.
At the base of the arms are roses, thistles, shamrocks, and fleurs-de-lis, the floral emblems associated with England, Scotland, Ireland, and France respectively.
www.quicklyfind.com /info/Coat_of_Arms_of_Canada.htm   (1012 words)

  
 Village of New Maryland - Coat of Arms
The arms of Lord Baltimore were used by the province of Maryland throughout the colonial period on the reverse of its great seal and are still being used by the state of Maryland today on its' state seal.
The arms of the Lords Calvert, shield #1, quarter the family arms of Calvert with the family arms of Crossland.
The Calvert arms in rectangular form constitute the Maryland state flag and the shield is used in full colour on the state's automobile plates.
www.vonm.ca /main/cofa.htm   (880 words)

  
 Coat of Arms   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Coat of Arms was granted by Queen Victoria, May 26, 1868.
ARMS --- Or, on waves, a lymphad, or ancient galley with oars in action proper, on a chief gules, a lion passant guardant.
COMPARTMENT --- Comprising a grassy mount with the floral emblem of the said Province of New Brunswick, the purple violet and young ostrich fern (commonly called fiddlehead) growing all proper.
www.geocities.com /Heartland/Pointe/2650/Coatarms.html   (168 words)

  
 General Travel, New Brunswick Canada
The lion alludes to the arms of the Duchy of Brunswick in Germany (two gold lions on a red field) which was a possession of King George III at the time the Province of New Brunswick was established in 1784.
New Brunswick's official bird is a small, tame acrobat distinctly patterned with a combination of fl cap and bib with white cheeks and buff sides.
New Brunswick is a province with a diverse and fascinating cultural heritage.
new-brunswick.net /new-brunswick/gentravel.html   (3048 words)

  
 Government of New Brunswick - Department of Training and Employment Development - Contacts
The symbols depicted on the flag are taken from the Coat of Arms assigned in 1868.
The arms of Brunswick consist of two gold lions on a red field, and the arms of the King contained the three gold lions of England.
The flower was adopted as the New Brunswick floral emblem in 1936, at the request of the provincial Women's Institute.
www.gnb.ca /cnb/nb/Symbols-e.asp   (674 words)

  
 Coat of Arms of New Brunswick   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The coat of arms of New Brunswick, known officially as The Arms of Her Majesty in Right of the Province of New Brunswick, was begun when the shield and motto in the achievement were granted on May 26, 1868 by Queen Victoria.
The achievement of arms was augmented with a crest, supporters, and compartment by Queen Elizabeth II, in a public ceremony in Fredericton on September 25, 1984, to mark the province's bicentennial.
The supporters are white-tailed deer collared with Maliseet friendship wampum, and bear badges of the Union colours and of the fleurs-de-lis of royal France, to commemorate the colonization of the area by those powers.
www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/coat_of_arms_of_new_brunswick   (498 words)

  
 Coat of Arms of Canada
The Royal Arms of the United Kingdom (quartering the arms of England, Scotland and Ireland) were the essential symbol of royal authority in Canada at this period and into the twentieth century.
Although these quarters appear in the British arms to represent the fact that these nations are part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, their appearance in the Canadian Arms is meant to represent the fact that these are three of the founding peoples of Canada.
The present design of the arms of Canada was drawn by Cathy Bursey-Sabourin, Fraser Herald at the Canadian Heraldic Authority, and was approved by H.M. the Queen, on the advice of the Prime Minister of Canada, on July 12, 1994.
www.heraldry.ca /misc/coatArmsCanada.htm   (1452 words)

  
 Description
The arms of Canada show a royal helmet, which is a barred helm of gold looking outward and draped in a mantle of white and red which are the official colours of Canada.
He later proposed it as motto for the new design of the coat of arms, which was approved by Order in Council on April 21, 1921 and by Royal Proclamation on November 21, 1921.
In 1957, when Canada's arms were slightly modified to produce a cleaner more contemporary design, the Government replaced the original Tudor crown of the 1921 design by a crown that would represent not just one of the royal families of English monarchs, but centuries of kings and queens of England.
www.geocities.com /sharut/arms.html   (1638 words)

  
 Documents, Posters & Signs - Canadian Heritage Gallery
Coat of Arms New Brunswick obtained its Coat of Arms from the British Crown in 1868.
Coat of Arms Saskatchewan acquired its Coat of Arms in 1906.
Coat of Arms Albert acquired its Coat of Arms in 1907.
www.canadianheritage.org /galleries/documents0300.htm   (164 words)

  
 Welcome to New Brunswick, Canada
Locally, New Brunswickers were on good terms with those in Maine and the rest of New England, and there was even one incidence where the town of St.
Following Confederation, New Brunswick suffered the effects of an economic downturn precipitated by the Great Fire of 1877 in Saint John and the decline of the sailing shipbuilding industry, and compounded by the global recession sparked by the Panic of 1893.
New Brunswick has a complete network of English and French public schools serving from kindergarten to high school; there are also several private secondary schools having secular and religious affiliations.
www.hometowncanada.com /nb   (2724 words)

  
 New Brunswick   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Coat of Arms of New Brunswick is supported by two white tailed deer wearing Indian Wampum collars.
The New Brunswick flag, which was adopted Feb 24, 1965, was adopted by the Lieutenant Govenor in control at the time.
New Brunswick's flag is based on the rectangular version of the Coat Of Arms which has a gold lion on top of the flag and an ancient galley in action with oars.
www.k12.nf.ca /acreman/Flags/nb.html   (125 words)

  
 Presentation of a Coat of Arms and Flag to the Town of Rothesay
Coats of arms and flags, if more sophisticated than the butter seal, serve the same basic purpose: they are ways to identify.
The symbols on your coat of arms illustrate the Town of Rothesay perfectly.
Your coat of arms and flag reflect exactly what this province, and this country, are all about: we evolve and we adapt.
www.gg.ca /media/doc.asp?lang=e&DocID=174   (488 words)

  
 New Brunswick
New Brunswick is one of the Maritime Provinces.
New Brunswick borders on Quebec on its left, Nova Scotia on the right and the United States (Maine) on the left and underneath.
The population of New Brunswick is 753 000 (1998).
sd71.bc.ca /Sd71/Edulinks/Canada/nbindex.htm   (426 words)

  
 THE CREIGHTON COAT OF ARMS
Our Coat of Arms is recorded in Scotland as family Crichton, but the two names Creighton/Crichton are interchangeable from time immemorial.
The actual coat of arms is the shield only, going back to when his shield in battle was a Knight’s identification.
Supporters- these are additions to a coat of arms, usually to commemorate specific deeds or functions that are note-worthy to a family.
www.xs4all.nl /~joscmg/Creyghton/CreightonCoatofArms.htm   (562 words)

  
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Coat of arms, flag, official gemstone, flower, bird, tree and tartan for the province of British Columbia, Canada.
Coat of arms, Manitoba flag, provincial bird, floral emblem, bird and tartan.
The coat of arms, flag, official flower, tree, bird and mineral, the wheat sheaf symbol, and the tartan of the province of Saskatchewan.
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 Coat-of-Arms (Westphalia, Germany)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
They are however of the same descent, just like the horse of the English County of Kent (arms adopted 1933, also used on flag?), and the one used on the unofficial flag of Twente, a region in the east of the Dutch province of Overijssel.
The Arms of Hanover were the tierced arms of Brunswick, Luneberg and Westphalia.
With the accession of George I to the throne of Great Britain, the Royal Arms were changed to accommodate the arms of Hanover in the fourth quarter.
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 Fredericton Coat of Arms   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The three shields in the coat of arms are symbolic of the foundations of the city.
The arms were drawn without regard to the laws of heraldry and were not recorded nor approved by the College of Arms in Britain at that time.
In 1970 as a result of procedures suggested by Sir Anthony Wagner, the Garter King of Arms, a petition was made to the Queen by the Governor General of Canada on a proposal of the Lieutenant-Governor of New Brunswick.
www.mad-alchemy.com /heraldry/fredrick.htm   (483 words)

  
 The arms of Canada
The royal proclamation makes special reference to the request by the Government of Canada and states that the grant of arms or flags is made on the advice of the Privy Council and by the powers conferred by the first Article of the British statute "The Union of Ireland Act, 1800".
Passed in the reign of King George III, it empowered the Crown to grant, by proclamation, arms and flags to the United Kingdom and its dependencies.
Cathy Bursey-Sabourin, Fraser Herald at the Canadian Heraldic Authority, office of the Governor General of Canada, and faithfully depicts the arms described in the words of the Royal Proclamation dated November 21, 1921.
www.pch.gc.ca /progs/cpsc-ccsp/sc-cs/arm1_e.cfm   (566 words)

  
 New Brunswick - Coat of Arms   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The galley with oars in the water represents New Brunswick's early shipbuilding history and its reliance upon the sea.
This helmet is generally reserved for the Arms of the Royal Family and its Dominions, but was granted special favour by the Queen in honour of the bicentennial.
The left shield comprises the Union Badge and represents New Brunswick's English heritage as well as the Irish and Scot settlers who played such a prominent role in the province's early history.
www3.sympatico.ca /goweezer/canada/coaNB.htm   (343 words)

  
 CanadaInternational - Introducing Canada - Canada's Coat of Arms
During the first decades after Confederation, the Royal Arms of the United Kingdom was freely used to identify the offices of the Government of Canada.
Later, a design which displayed the arms of the original four provinces of the new federation (Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick) was gradually adopted as the Coat of Arms of Canada.
It was approved and the arms assigned to Canada were appointed and declared in proclamation by King George V on November 21, 1921.
www.canadainternational.gc.ca /INTRO/Canadas_Coat_of_Arms-en.aspx   (127 words)

  
 New Brunswick, flag of --  Encyclopædia Britannica
Canadian provincial flag that is horizontally divided and bears a golden lion on an upper red stripe and a lymphad (ancient galley) on a central golden stripe; the bottom edge of the flag has narrow, wavy stripes of blue-white-blue.
The golden lion on red in the New Brunswick coat of arms may refer to the arms of England (a red shield with three golden lions) or to the arms of the duchy of Brunswick…
The Maritime, or Atlantic, Province of New Brunswick is washed on three sides by the Atlantic Ocean.
www.britannica.com /eb/article-9105906   (906 words)

  
 New Maryland (New Brunswick)
The flag of the Village of New Maryland, New Brunswick was adopted on February 15, 1995.
The flag is a banner of the Arms of the Village which are loosely based upon the flag of the U.S. State of Maryland.
Shield #2 - The Calvert arms are the source of the basic tinctures and form for the Village's proposed arms.
www.hampshireflag.co.uk /world-flags/allflags/ca-nb-nm.html   (1007 words)

  
 Schrimpf Coat of Arms, Family Crest
Frederick considered it his mission to reconstruct the German monarchy, and aimed to harness the new feudal forces of the age to his advantage.
At the end of the 15th century, in the glorious period known as the Renaissance, the German states in the Holy Roman Empire lacked strong, unified central governments and local nobles or small political units fragmented political authority.
Lower Saxony, which includes most of the land between the Rhine and the Elbe rivers and is composed of the regions of Brunswick, or Braunschweig, and Lueneburg, was originally part of the old duchy of Saxony.
www.houseofnames.com /xq/asp/s.Schrimpf/schrimpf_family_Crest/schrimpf_coat_of_arms/qx/coatofarms_details.htm   (1975 words)

  
 Nova Scotia (Canada)
The flag is only referred to in passing when it says that the arms may be used "upon Seals, Shields, BANNERS or otherwise according to the Laws of Arms" which is indeed (at least as far as I am aware) in any case "implicit in (any) grant of arms"?.
Nova Scotia was one of the four founding provinces and the thistle and salmon arms granted on 26 May 1868 were approved for use on the Union Jack of the Lieutenant-Governor afloat in 1870.
These original arms, the Royal Arms of Scotland on a blue saltire were re-instated by royal warrant dated 19 January 1929.
www.fotw.net /flags/ca-ns.html   (976 words)

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