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image located by Ivan Sache,
30 March 2017See also:
The municipality of Sainte-Apolline-de-Patton (542 inhabitants in 2016;
25,679 ha, therefore the second biggest municipality in Quebec by area) is
located in the Appalachian mountains, 45 km of Montmagny.
Sainte-Apolline-de-Patton
was first settled in 1877 by Joseph Bernier (Firmin), his brother Théophile
Bernier, and William Guimont. who settled in the cantons of Bourdages and
Patton, the latter named for Sir William Randall Patton, wood trader and last
lord of Rivière-du-Sud. The chapel dedicated to St. Apollonia of Alexandria was
first erected in 1894 and rebuilt in 1896. The church, consecrated in 1913, is
the emblematic monument of the village; its spire, deemed dangerous, was
suppressed in May 1948 and substituted by a big rotunda surmounted by an iron
cross.
http://www.sainteapollinedepatton.ca - Municipal website
Ivan Sache, 30 March 2017
The arms and flags of Sainte-Apolline-de-Patton were inscribed on 16 July
2001 on the Public Register of Arms, Flags and Badges, Vol. IV, p. 130. The
announcement of the Letters Patent was made on February 22, 2003, in Vol. 137,
p. 517 of the Canada Gazette.
Blazon
Arms
Azure on a bend between
in chief a sun in splendour and in base a circular saw blade or, a bendlet wavy
azure
Crest
Issuant from a circlet the upper edge set alternately with
maple leaves and fir twigs or, a cubit arm grasping a pair of pincers proper
Supporters
A Percheron stallion and a Percheron mare proper standing on a
grassy mount vert
Motto
ESPOIR DANS L'AVENIR
Flag
A banner
of the arms
Symbolism
Arms
The blue background represents the
outdoors, and the sun represents the light that brightens days and causes the
forests and crops to grow. The gold bend symbolises hiking and Hébertism trails
and the wavy bend recalls the rivers. The sawmill wheel symbolizes the forest
industry.
Crest
The pair of pincers symbolizes handicrafts and the
martyrdom of St. Appolonia (Apolline) whose teeth were pulled out with pincers.
The fir twigs in the coronet represent the natural resources of the forest, and
the maple leaves symbolize Canada.
Supporters
Horses were deemed
appropriate for their important role in the forest industry, in agriculture and
transport.
Motto
Meaning "Faith in the future".
Artist
Information
Creator(s): Original concept of Auguste Vachon, Saint-Laurent
Herald, assisted by the Heralds of the Canadian Heraldic Authority
Painter:
Iona Jurkiewicz
Calligrapher: Suzzann Wright.
http://reg.gg.ca/heraldry/pub-reg/project.asp?lang=e&ProjectID=230 - Public
Register of Arms, Flags and Badges
Ivan Sache, 30 March 2017