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1:2 image by
Eugene Ipavec
Source: Canadian City Flags,
Raven 18
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Truro (2006 population 11,765) is a town in central Nova Scotia, Canada.
Truro is the shire town of Colchester County and is located on the south side of
the Salmon River floodplain, close to the river's mouth at the eastern end of
Cobequid Bay. - from
Wikipedia
Official website:
http://www.truro.ca
Valentin Poposki, 21 March 2010
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 Town of Truro is navy blue with a white saltire
(X-shaped cross). The flag is variably shown with the saltire either extending
to the corners or ending at the border of the flag. Centred on the saltire is a
coat of arms, three-eighths the height of the flag. Above the arms is Truro;
below is 1875, both in white in Dauphin font. The simple shield of the coat
of arms has a slightly arched top and simply-curved sides forming a pointed
“U” shape. It is white, bearing a complex saltire of blue, blazoned "Argent a saltire cottised bretessed Azure". The edges of the
saltire are notched and narrow white stripes border the interior. Above the
shield is a helmet in silver with blue and white mantling. Out of a crown of
red maple leaves alternating with white mayflowers extends the upper half of
a winged lion in white. In its right forepaw it holds a golden yellow and blue
fleur-de-lis and its left forepaw rests on a blue cogwheel. To the left stands a
Mi'kmaq woman of 1600 in natural colours with a burning bush at her feet;
to the right stands a fireman of 1875 in a blue uniform with his left hand on a
sheaf of wheat. They stand on a grassy mound in green with marigold flowers
at the front and evergreen trees at the rear. Below is a white ribbon in three
sections, inscribed BEGUN IN FAITH CONTINUED IN DETERMINATION
in blue serif letters, above wavy stripes of white-blue-white-blue.
Rob Raeside, Canadian City Flags,
Raven 18,
2011
In 1991 Mayor Douglas McCart Carter and the town
council asked the Canadian Heraldic Authority for a grant of arms.
Rob Raeside, Canadian City Flags,
Raven 18,
2011
The arms, badge, and flag of Truro (see “Other
Flag”, below) were designed by Robert D. Watt, Chief Herald of Canada,
Canadian Heraldic Authority, and granted by him on 30 April 1993. The
town does not use the flag granted.
Rob Raeside, Canadian City Flags,
Raven 18,
2011
1:2 image by
Eugene Ipavec
Source: Canadian City Flags,
Raven 18
The flag granted to
Truro by the Canadian Heraldic Authority
is a complex saltire (in heraldic terms,
“cottised bretessed”). The bars are blue
on a field of white. They bear two white
lines set to the right side of the bars
(unlike on the arms, where they are centred),
and the edges of the bars have indentations extending at a slight angle.
Rob Raeside, Canadian City Flags,
Raven 18,
2011