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===Official blazon=== | ===Official blazon=== | ||
'''Arms''': Ermine on a pairle wavy Azure three salmon in chief a bull's head caboshed proper a chief Argent a cross of St. George between four beavers couchant proper;<br> | '''Arms''': Ermine on a pairle wavy Azure three salmon in chief a bull's head caboshed proper a chief Argent a cross of St. George between four beavers couchant proper;<br> | ||
'''Crest''' : On a mural crown Argent masoned Sable a wheel Azure winged Argent; | '''Crest''': On a mural crown Argent masoned Sable a wheel Azure winged Argent; | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
Latest revision as of 08:43, 16 June 2024
KAMLOOPS
Province : British Columbia
Official blazon
Arms: Ermine on a pairle wavy Azure three salmon in chief a bull's head caboshed proper a chief Argent a cross of St. George between four beavers couchant proper;
Crest: On a mural crown Argent masoned Sable a wheel Azure winged Argent;
Origin/meaning
The arms were officially granted on February 20, 1981 by the College of Arms in London and confirmed in Canada on September 29, 1992.
The elements of the arms represent the history and geography of Kamloops. The ermine shield represents the fur trade carried on between the white men and the Indians in the early days. The chief shows the arms of the Hudson's Bay Company, as the city developed from a Hudson Bay Company trading post.. The black bull's head conveys the fact that Kamloops was the centre of the cattle trade in British Columbia. The pallium symbolises that in Kamloops the North and South Thompson Rivers meet and from this central point continue on towards the open sea as one. The rivers show three mountain trout, all swimming upstream to indicate the flow of the waters.
The crest shows an engine wheel from the hub of either side is mounted a silver wing. This is designed to represent civic authority, the important junctional point of the railways, airways and highways in Kamloops, and progress denoted by the wings.
The motto SALUS ET OPUS means HEALTH AND WEALTH.
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