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	Emblems, Provincial and Territorial
		Coats of arms are properly described in the formal language of HERALDRY, which, among English speakers, is a vocabulary derived from Norman French with borrowings from Latin and other languages.
		Arms: Argent, on an island vert, to the sinister an oak tree fructed, to the dexter thereof 3 oak saplings sprouting all proper, on a chief gules, a lion passant guardant or.
		The coat of arms was authorized by a provincial order-in-council on 9 December 1939.
	www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com /PrinterFriendly.cfm?Params=A1ARTA0002591 (1842 words)

	Yukon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The territory is the approximate shape of a right triangle, bordering the American state of Alaska to the west, the Northwest Territories to the east and British Columbia to the south.
		The territory's head of state is a federally appointed Commissioner, a role roughly equivalent to that of a provincial lieutenant governor.
		This settlement was dismantled in 1987 and its inhabitants relocated to the neighboring Northwest Territories.
	www.leessummit.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Yukon_Territory (1430 words)

	Eureka4you.com - Northwest Territories (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		It is white with blue at either end and the provincial coat of arms in the center.
		The coat of arms of the Northwest Territories was adopted in 1957.
		The Northwest Territories tartan (registered with the Court of the Lord Lyon, King of Arms of Scotland), the jack pine, the gyrfalcon and the native gold.
	www.eureka4you.com /nt/ntindex.htm (160 words)

	Northwest Territories - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		One of the territories of Arctic Canada, the Northwest Territories (NWT; French, les Territoires du Nord-Ouest) has a landmass of 1,171,918 square kilometres and a population of 42,944 as of the January 1, 2005.
		The Northwest Territories are located east of Yukon, west of Nunavut, and north of British Columbia, Alberta, and Saskatchewan.
		In 1876, the District of Keewatin, at the centre of the territory, was separated from it.
	www.americancanyon.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Northwest_Territories (1202 words)

	Coat of Arms of Canada - Biocrawler definition:Coat of Arms of Canada - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Royal Coat of Arms of Canada 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.biocrawler.com /biowiki/Coat_of_Arms_of_Canada (1123 words)

	Nunavut - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In April 1982, a majority of Northwest Territories residents voted in favour of a division, and the federal government gave a conditional agreement seven months later.
		The territory covers approximately 1.9 million square kilometers of land and water including part of the mainland, most of the Arctic Islands, and all of the islands in Hudson Bay, James Bay, and Ungava Bay (including the Belcher Islands) which were formerly attached to the Northwest Territories.
		As in the other territories, the commissioner's role is symbolic and is analogous to that of a lieutenant-governor.
	www.northmiami.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Nunavut (1206 words)

	Yellowknife, Northwest Territories - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Yellowknife (62°27′ N 114°21′ W (http://kvaleberg.com/extensions/mapsources/index.php?params=62_27_N_114_21_W_) MST) is the territorial capital of Canada's Northwest Territories, and the only settlement in the territory to legally be a city.
		The current population is ethnically mixed, and the territory government lists five languages as spoken in significant numbers: Chipewyan, Dogrib, South and North Slavey, English, and French.
		In 1967 Yellowknife became the capital of the Northwest Territories.
	www.hackettstown.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Yellowknife,_Northwest_Territories (853 words)

	Coat of Arms of the Northwest Territories - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Coat of Arms of the Northwest Territories (AKA: Armourial Bearings) was given royal warrant on February 7, 1957, by Queen Elizabeth II.
		The white upper third of the shield represents the polar ice pack and is crossed by a wavy blue line symbolizing the Northwest Passage.
		The diagonal line separating the red and green segments of the lower portion of the shield reflects the treeline.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Coat_of_Arms_of_Northwest_Territories (212 words)

	Coat of Arms of Nunavut - FreeEncyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The coat of arms of the territory of Nunavut, Canada, known officially as The Arms of Her Majesty in Right of Nunavut, was granted by a warrant by Roméo Leblanc[?], Governor-General of Canada, dated March 31, 1999, one day before the territory was created.
		The coat is highly unique, having been designed in collaboration with Inuit elders, leaders, artists, groups, and the general population of the territory.
		It is certainly one of the first coats of arms to include elements of Inuit symbolism in a traditional heraldic context.
	openproxy.ath.cx /co/Coat_of_Arms_of_Nunavut.html (481 words)

	Northwest Territories Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In the early 1980's, the government of the Northwest Territories was again under pressure by the federal government to reintroduce French as an official language.
		Quebec was also extended, in 1898, and Yukon was made a separate territory in the same year to deal with the Klondike Gold Rush, and remove the NWT government from administering the sudden boom of population, economic activity and influx of non-Canadians.
		[2] Devolution of powers to the territory was an issue in the Northwest Territories general election, 2003, and has been ever since the territory began electing members in 1881.
	www.variedtastes.com /encyclopedia/Northwest_Territories (1624 words)

	Manitoba - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The territory was won by Britain in 1763 as part of the French and Indian War, and became part of Rupert's Land, the immense monopoly territory of the Hudson's Bay Company.
		When Rupert's Land was ceded to Canada in 1869 and incorporated into the Northwest Territories, a lack of attention to Métis concerns led their leader Louis Riel to establish a provisional government.
		Originally the province was only 1/18 of its current size and square in shape - it was known as the "postage stamp province." It grew progressively, absorbing land from the Northwest Territories until it attained its current size by reaching 60°N in 1912.
	www.hartselle.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Manitoba (598 words)

	Territories
		Granted only in 1956, territorial arms are comparatively modern, but their roots go back to the beginning of the twentieth century when Edward M. Chadwick produced designs for both the Yukon and the Northwest Territories.
		The flag was adopted by an ordinance of the Territorial Council on January 1, 1969.
		On the flag of the Northwest Territories, the blue panels represent the lakes and waters, and the white, the ice and snow.
	fraser.cc /FlagsCan/Provinces/Territories.html (1854 words)

	Northwest Territories, flag of the -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Canadian territorial flag consisting of vertical blue-white-blue stripes and the shield of the territorial coat of arms on its wide central stripe.
		The coat of arms of the Northwest Territories was designed by the air force commander Alan B. Beddoe and approved in 1956.
		The chief (upper portion) of the shield represents the ice fields of the far north and the Northwest Passage, which for centuries lured explorers to the region.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9105898?tocId=9105898 (868 words)

	Northwest Territories (Canada)
		The Flag was adopted by the Council of the Northwest Territories in January 1969.
		The Coat of Arms (or Armorial Bearings) of the NWT was approved by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II on February 7, 1957.
		The centre panel is coloured white (513-201) and in the centre of the centre panel is the shield of the armorial bearings of the Northwest Territories.
	flagspot.net /flags/ca-nt.html (1174 words)

	The Creation of a New Northwest Territories // NWT - Map & History // Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The motivation for creating two new territories in Canada's North stemmed from the people of Nunavut's desire to have their own government, one that is closer to the people and more culturally-based including the use of Inuktitut as the working language of the new government.
		Members of the 13th Legislative Assembly and Government of the Northwest Territories (1995-1999) were responsible for the overwhelming task of establishing two new territories.
		In the interim, MLAs have agreed that the name 'Northwest Territories', will continue to be used until such a time that residents are asked to vote on a new constitution or the Assembly decides to hold a vote on the name.
	www.assembly.gov.nt.ca /VisitorInfo/NWTMapandHistory/Creation.html (1201 words)

	Alberta - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		At 60° north it is separated from the Northwest Territories.
		The south and central prairie was the land of the bison, its grasses providing a great pasture and breeding ground for millions of buffalo.
		They were virtually destroyed by early white settlers, partly for sport, partly for the warm buffalo fur, which was used to make coats, and partly as one means of destroying the culture of the native people.
	www.bucyrus.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Alberta (3153 words)

	Armorial Bearings ("Coats of Arms")
		A description follows: "The royal arms of general purpose post-1837 are placed on an oval shield, which in turn is surrounded by the Garter and ensigned by the Crown.
		And finally, a coat of arms is printed at the beginning of many publications of the Northwest Territories government for the period 1876 to 1905.
		These arms are the Royal Arms, post-1837, the same arms that are used on the Northwest Territories' seal of authority which was referred to previously in this note.
	www.assembly.ab.ca /lao/library/LT-GOV/arms.htm (425 words)

	Northwest Territories Flag and Description
		The flag of Northwest Territories was officially adopted in 1969.
		Blue is said to be symbolic of the many lakes and rivers in the territory, and white represents the ice and snow.
		The white panel displays the shield from the territory's coat of arms, one adopted in 1956.
	www.worldatlas.com /webimage/flags/countrys/namerica/canada/nwt.htm (250 words)

	Newfoundland and Labrador - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Privy Council ruling established a boundary along the drainage divide separating waters that flowed through the territory to the Labrador coast, although following two straight lines from the Romaine River along the 52nd Parallel, then south near 57 degrees west longitude to the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
		Quebec has long rejected the settlement on the grounds it was not a party to the agreement, and provincially-issued maps do not mark the boundary the same way as boundaries with Ontario and New Brunswick.
		Quebec drove a hard bargain with Newfoundland, resulting in a 75-year deal that Newfoundlanders now believe to be unfair to the province because of the low and unchangeable rate that Newfoundland and Labrador receives for the electricity.
	www.pineville.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Newfoundland_and_Labrador (2432 words)

	Estonian Coat of Arms - Description in English and Estonian
		On the greater coat of arms, a wreath of oak leaves extends from the bottom to both sides of the shield.
		The small coat of arms is identical except there are no oak branches.
		The heraldic lions of the coat of arms are the most ancient of Estonia's symbols.
	www.pewterplaques.com /estoniasmall.html (142 words)

	O'Neill coat of arms
		The O Neills of Thomond (Clare and Limerick) were chiefs of a territory in the modern barony of Bunratty: to-day O Neill is not a common name in Co. Clare, but the Nihills and the Creaghs of that county claim to be of Thomond O Neill stock.
		Modern coats of arms show the symbol as a right hand, but the more ancient records clearly have it as "sinister" or left.
		Arms: Argent two lions rampant combatant Gules supporting a dexter hand couped at the wrist of the last, in chief three estoiles of the second, in base waves of the sea therein naiant a salmon all proper.
	www.araltas.com /features/oneill (12942 words)

	Northwest Territories
		The Northwest Territories are above British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan and between Nunavut and the Yukon Territory.
		The capital city of the Northwest Territories is Yellowknife.
		The Mountain Avens was chosen as the Northwest Territories provincial flower because it is very common and grows on high or rocky ground in the Northern tundra.
	sd71.bc.ca /Sd71/Edulinks/Canada/nwtindex.htm (430 words)

	National Heraldry
		Coats of Arms of the 64 Counties of the Kingdom of Hungary
		The British Columbia Coat of Arms - Canadian Province.
		Finland - Presidential Ensign and Coat of Arms.
	www.digiserve.com /heraldry/nationac.htm (315 words)

	The Royal Heraldry Society of Canada (Prairie Branch) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The first coat of arms designed for the NWT (back when it included what is now Alberta, Saskatchewan, and much of Manitoba) could be blazoned "Argent four garbs proper on a chief Vair (also chequey Azure and Or) a polar bear passant proper".
		The symbolism of the arms is readily apparent- furs and polar bears in the north (districts of Mackenzie, Keewatin, and Ungava) and agriculture in the south (districts of Assiniboia, Saskatchewan, Alberta and Athabasca).
		All coats of arms are and remain the property of the respective armigers.
	www.mad-alchemy.com /hsc/tress1.htm (6015 words)

	Nova Scotia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In the latter 1620s, a group of Scots was sent by Charles I of England and Scotland to set up the colony of 'Nova Scotia'.
		(The Latin appellation was so stated in Sir William Alexander's 1621 land grant.) However owing to the signing of a peace treaty with France, the territory was given to the French and the Scots ordered to abandon their mission before their colony had been properly established.
		The French fortress at Louisbourg on Île Royale (Cape Breton Island) was established to guard the sea approaches to Quebec.
	www.sterlingheights.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Nova_Scotia (1093 words)

	NorthWest Territory, Canada ..... explorers galore!
		At some time or other in its history, the Northwest Territories have included all of Alberta, Saskatchewan and the Yukon, and most of Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec.
		This means that each member is free to vote as he/she wishes on any issue and approval of each issue requires agreement by a majority of members.It lacks jurisdiction over land and resource administration, including control over the pace and scale of resource development, and subsurface and water rights.
		This territory was always a part of Canada and continues to change its dimensions and impact on the rest of the country.
	www.geocities.com /SoHo/Atrium/4832/nwt.html (1352 words)

	Coat of Arms of Saskatchewan - FreeEncyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The first part of the coat of arms of the province of Saskatchewan, Canada, officially the Arms of Her Majesty in Right of the Province of Saskatchewan, was the shield, which was assigned by royal warrant of King Edward VII on August 25, 1906.
		The remainder of the coat of arms was requested by the province in 1985, Saskatchewan Heritage Year, and was granted by royal proclamation of Queen Elizabeth II on September 16, 1986.
		The helmet above the shield is gold and faces left, a symbol of Saskatchewan's co-sovereign status in Confederation.
	openproxy.ath.cx /co/Coat_of_Arms_of_Saskatchewan.html (439 words)

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