North Vancouver (City)
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NORTH VANCOUVER (City)
Province : British Columbia
Official blazon
Arms : Argent a three-masted ship Sable sails Argent upon a base barry wavy Azure and Argent, and below two mountain lion faces Gules, a chief dancetty Azure.
Crest: Issuant from a circlet of maple leaves Gules and dogwood flowers, a grouse holding in its beak a sprig of salal and perching on a twig proper.
Supporters: Dexter a black bear sinister a salmon each proper and gorged with a collar Argent pendent therefrom a Salish spindle whorl, that to the dexter carved with a salmon, that to the sinister carved with a bear, the compartment per pale of forest saplings and waves proper.
Motto: LION OF THE NORTH
Origin/meaning
The arms were officially granted on April 2, 1982 and again on July 20, 2006.
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