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Baie-Sainte-Catherine, Quebec (Canada)

Capitale-Nationale

image by Olivier Touzeau, 17 April 2020

Description of the flag

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Description of the flag

Baie-Sainte-Catherine (municipality), 200 inhabitants on 233.46 km².
The flag is white with burgundy sinuous stripes at the hoist and at the fly, and the logo in the center.
https://www.google.fr/maps/@48.1035395,-69.7251738,3a,51.3y,244.11h,95.55t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1szGP7kVfR2EICPLHTf2o2nw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
http://www.cihofm.com/nouvelles/Permission-speciale-pour-un-helicoptere-a-Baie-Sainte-Catherine-2019-08-07-10-20
Olivier Touzeau, 17 April 2020

On 27 May 1703, the French explorer Samuel de Champlain set up in Pointe-aux-Alouettes an alliance with representative of three Amerindian nations: Montagnais, Algonquin and Maliseet. The treaty allowed the French explorers to sail the Saint Lawrence River and to settle its banks; this was the first step to the establishment of the town of Quebec.

The municipal arms were designed after the villagers' appealing character and the village's geographical features.
The church, a sacred place, has a paramount role in the municipality and is connected to every house. This link represents bond and mutual aid between the villagers.
The municipality is located in a nice environment, composed of a picturesque and enchanting landscape, a vast forest, an outstanding beach, and not the least, superb watercourses, the majestic river Saint-Lawrence. The massive presence of marine mammals embellishes the landscape and makes happy every tourist visiting Baie-Sainte-Catherine.

The green and blue colors represent a good balance between the forest and the sea, while burgundy red, a warm color, personifies the wonderful, small village of Baie-Sainte-Catherine.
http://www.baiestecatherine.com/armoiries-municipales
Municipal website
Ivan Sache, 18 April 2020