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image by Masao Okazaki, 4 December 2021
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About the town:
Elk Point is a town located in the east central part of the Canadian province of Alberta. It is located on Highway 41. A number of oil related businesses have located in Elk Point. Agriculture is also important in the Elk Point area. Elk Point is located on the North Saskatchewan River which was an fur trade route. Both the Hudson's Bay Company and the North West Company had posts on the river near Elk Point. Alberta Culture has built an interpretive centre near the remains of Fort George and Buckingham House. It has 1,487 inhabitants. Source: Wikipedia: Elk Point, Alberta.
Valentin Poposki, 14 February 2010
The town has a new flag - white with town logo on it
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elk_Point,_Alberta#/media/File:Elk_Point,_Alberta_(28288278410).jpg
Valentin Poposki, 4 December 2021
image located by Valentin Poposki, 21 June 2011
The flag is longer than 1:2, a horizontal triband, blue-white-blue-white, with the
municipal logo showing an elk, an oil drop with a derrick, a fish, and heads of
wheat, separated by a blue wave-bordered stripe.
Valentin Poposki, 14 February 2010
Flag seen at
https://www.facebook.com/townofelkpoint/photos/519409581598675
Four
horizontal stripes are clearly visible.
A photo of the 4-striped star from 2017:
https://lakelandconnect.net/2017/08/17/in-elk-point-7/
Masao Okazaki,
5 December 2021
image by Masao Okazaki, 10 December 2021
Searching thru my folders, I found a forgotten PDF file with a sketch
of the town flag from 1987.
Valentin Poposki, 10 December 2021
The following is the extracted text about the flag from the PDF (pages 5 and
7) (most likely the PDF was from their online section "Bylaws" (https://www.elkpoint.ca/governance/bylaws):
"BY LAW 461/87
TOWN OF ELK POINT
A BY LAW OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF
THE TOWN OF ELK POINT, IN THE PROVINCE OF ALBERTA, AUTHORIZING THE MUNICIPAL
COUNCIL TO ADOPT A MUNICIPAL FLAG
PURSUANT to the provisions of the
Municipal Government Act, being Chapter M—26 of the Revised Statutes of Alberta,
1980, with amendments thereto, a Council, may by bylaw adopt a municipal flag
for the municipality; and
WHEREAS the Municipal Council of the Town of
Elk Point deems it desirable and proper to adopt a municipal flag for the
municipality.
NOW THEREFORE, the Municipal Council of the Town of Elk
Point, in Council assembled, enacts as follows:
1. That the municipal
flag as set out in Schedule "A" attached hereto and forming part of the bylaw is
hereby adopted by the Municipal Council as the official municipal flag for the
Town of Elk Point;
2. Any person who, without the authority of the
Municipal Council, assumes or uses the municipal flag of the municipality, or
any heraldic emblem so nearby resembling it as to be calculated to deceive, is
guilty of an offense and liable on summary conviction to a fine of not more than
$50.00 for every day during which the offense continues.
3. Upon the
final passing of the bylaw the Mayor and the Municipal Administrator of the town
be and are hereby empowered, for and on behalf of the Council of the Town of Elk
Point, to authorize the use of the municipal flag by any person or
unincorporated group of persons.
4. This bylaw shall come into force and
is effective upon the final passing thereto by the Municipal Council of the Town
of Elk Point.
1st READING READ a FIRST time in Council the 25th day of
May, A.D. 1987;
2nd READING READ a SECOND time in Council this 22nd day of
June, A.D. 1987.
3rd READING READ a THIRD time in Council and FINALLY PASSED
this 22nd day of June, A.D. 1987.
(signed)
MAYOR BYRON MANN
MUNICIPAL ADMINISTRATOR
L.P. (PAT) VINCENT
NOTATIONS TO SCHEDULE "A"
1. Yellow left edge: 3.5/8.5 = 41% of left hand edge. bottom edge: 7.0/17.0 =
41% of botton (sic) edge bottom edge to left edge ratio: 2:1
2. Yellow
point should be drawn with curves to the point, not straight lines.
3 A
thin black border should be used to separate the green from yellow and the
yellow from the blue.
4 Try to retain as much detail on the "Elk Head" as
possible.
5 Utilize the same color as used on the Alberta Provincial
flag: that is: blue, green, wheat yellow not gold.
Now, searching for
additional information, I found yet another flag. This time, what would be the
current flag. It is a white horizontal background displaying the logo in the
middle.
For additional information go to Elk Point (official website):
https://www.elkpoint.ca/
Esteban Rivera, 14 December 2021