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Masao Okazaki, 22 December 2020
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The municipality
The municipality of Havre-Saint-Pierre (3,150 inhabitants in 2006; 2,822
sq. km) is located in the Minganie MRC (seated there), facing the Anticosti
Island. The place was settled in 1857 by six Acadian fisher's families from
the Magdalen Islands. The parish of Saint-Pierre-de-la-Pointe-aux-Esquimaux was established in 1872, the municipality of the same name being
established the next year. The place was locally known, more simply, as
Pointe-aux-Esquimaux, recalling that a group of Inuit once lived there.
The municipality was renamed Havre-Saint-Pierre in 1927, referring to the
harbour made by several long islets, originally known as Rade des Esquimaux
(1735) and Navre des Esquimaux (1870), and to the fishers' patron saint,
St. Peter. The first mass was celebrated in the place by Father Charles
Arnaud on 29 June (St. Peter's Day) 1857.
Ivan Sache, 22 July 2012
Description of the flag
Photos of this flag were posted in September 2019 by Luc Vartan Baronian in
the FOTW Facebook group:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/flagsoftheworld/permalink/3866571010024259
The logo to draw the flag was downloaded from the city's website:
https://www.havresaintpierre.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/cropped-Logo_MunicipaliteHSP-1.png
Masao Okazaki, 22 December 2020
image by
Ivan Sache, 22 July 2012
Based on: http://airrally.com/2/story_2009_01.htm
The flag of
Havre-Saint-Pierre is white with the municipal coat of arms in the middle:
http://airrally.com/2/story_2009_01.htm - Photo, 10 August 2009
http://airrally.com/_IMG/_STORY/2009_rally/_SMALL/part06_032_AUG10.jpg
The coat of arms of Havre-Saint-Pierre is quartered yellow-blue by a
thin red cross, representing faith. Blue represent sea, yellow represents
the sun, and green represents flora. The first quarter is charged with a
shovel and pickaxe crossed per saltire, representing the local iron and
titanium mine*. The second quarter is charged with a white orignal and
black birds, representing hunting. The third quarter is charged with a
white fish, representing fishing. The fourth quarter is charged with the "bonne
femme"** against a background of green trees, representing the natural
environment. The chief of the shield is superimposed with a white scroll
inscribed in black letters "TERRE DIGNE DE RICHESSES" (Land Worth
Resources). The motto expresses the inhabitant's pride for all these
resources. The base of the shield is superimposed a white scroll inscribed
in black letters "HAVRE-SAINT-PIERRE". The ends of the scroll support the
wild berries from the local plains known as "chicoutai" or "plaquebière"***.
http://www.havresaintpierre.com/fr/s.php?s=565042668&sn=armoiries -
Municipal website
*The Tio aboveground mine, located 40 km of
Havre-Saint-Pierre, has been exploited since 1950 by the "Rio Tinto" mining
group (under the "Rio Tinto, Fer et Titane" commercial brand). The mine
includes the world's biggest known deposit of ilmenite, a crystalline iron
titanium oxide (FeTiO3). The mine is expected to be exploited for at least
the next 50 years.
**The "bonne femme" (woman) is part of a group of
monoliths standing on the Niapiscau island, Mingan archipelago. Different
local stories explain that a beautiful but nasty girl was changed into a
stone statue by the devil.
http://www.aqua-bio.net/Voyages/Minganie/imagepages/image13.html
- Photo
***Cloudberry, Rubus chamaemorus L.
Ivan Sache, 22 July 2012