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1:2 image by
Eugene Ipavec
Source: Canadian City Flags,
Raven 18
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.
The flag of the City of Vernon has a white field with a simple shield
in the centre, three-fourths the height of the flag. The shield has five flat sides,
perpendicular at the top, left, and right, and at the base two angled sides meeting
at a point below. Bordered in golden yellow, the shield has two panels.
The upper panel, a rectangle bordered by the top, left, and right sides, has a
blue field with a large serif letter V in red edged in yellow. The top of the
V reaches to three-fourths the height of the panel and its base touches the
lower edge of the panel. In the centre of the V is the face of an elk (Cervus
canadensis) in golden yellow with brown details, with antlers spreading above
the V to the upper corners of the shield. To the left of the V is a sheaf of
wheat in golden yellow, to the right is a cornucopia in golden yellow with its
opening oriented upward, showing fruit in red. The lower panel, an inverted
triangle, is white with two horizontal wavy stripes in blue, edged in golden
yellow. At the base is a sun in golden yellow, with nine rays alternating long
and short, with the central ray reaching the top edge of the panel.
Alison Wilkes, Canadian City Flags,
Raven 18,
2011
Unknown.
Alison Wilkes, Canadian City Flags,
Raven 18,
2011
A previous version
placed CITY OF above the antlers at the
top of the shield, and VERNON, all in
white serifed letters, on a blue swallowtailed
ribbon bordered in yellow curving
below and touching the shield.
Alison Wilkes, Canadian City Flags,
Raven 18,
2011
In 2009, the city created a new logo and tagline for tourism marketing, which can be used on a flag to represent the community, depending on the occasion. The city describes the symbolism of the new logo:
The logo colours refer to the lakes, hillsides, forests, and grasslands of Vernon. Representing the agricultural and forestry industries, the shape of a tree is created by tracing inside the three symbols of the logo. The symbolism of the V shapes may also be seen as arrows all pointing towards the centre, denoting a sense of community and well-being, and representing a balance of economic, environmental and social interests that the community strives for.Alison Wilkes, Canadian City Flags, Raven 18, 2011
image by Masao Okazaki, 29 July 2023
The current version of Vernon's logo flag can be seen in this Facebook post
announcing a new municipal flagpool:
https://www.facebook.com/photo
The logo, dated 2014:
https://www.facebook.com/photo
Masao Okazaki, 29 July 2023