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High River, Alberta (Canada)

Foothills Municipal District

Last modified: 2021-11-13 by rob raeside
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High River image by Masao Okazaki, 10 October 2021

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Municipal Information

About the town:

High River is a town in southwestern Alberta, Canada with a population of 10,716. (2006). It is 37 kilometres (23 mi) south of the city of Calgary, at the junction of Alberta Highways 2 and 23. Although reasonably distant from Calgary, the town is nonetheless considered to be part of the Calgary Region. The community gets its name from the Highwood River, which flows through the town, and often floods in the spring.- Source: Wikipedia: High River, Alberta.

Valentin Poposki, 11 May 2010


Description of the flag

The flag is based on a logo:
https://www.facebook.com/highriver.ca/photos/4056176341105102
https://www.facebook.com/highriver.ca/photos/4204600039596064

Early appearance of logo on Facebook page, 2012: https://www.facebook.com/highriver.ca/photos/a.182355331820575/273297232726384

A link to a big image of the logo: https://www.mtroyal.ca/ProgramsCourses/FacultiesSchoolsCentres/CentreforCommunityDisasterResearch/_images/ccdr_logo_highriver.jpg
Masao Okazaki, 10 October 2021


Previously reported flag

High River image located by Valentin Poposki, 20 June 2011

The flag of the Town of High River, Alberta, is white with town town emblem on it. The emblem consists of big brown wheel, in front of it a large green "H", and below mountains in blue and white, hills in green and field of corn (?) in yellow. The flag was adopted by the Town Council on 27.08.1984. Designer is Brian McLean, who won the flag contest. Information courtesy of Joan Pletz, Communications Officer.
Valentin Poposki, 11 May 2010