HMCS Chaleur, Royal Canadian Navy

HMCS CHALEUR, ROYAL CANADIAN NAVY

Official blazon

A field pily or and gules above barry wavy azure and argent, and in the centre an equilateral trinagle azure bering a fern leaf or / Sur cham d'or émanché de gueules et fascé ondé d'azure et argent, au centre un trinagle équilatéral d'azur portant feuille de fougére d'or.

Origin/meaning

The Piles symbolise the Bay of Chaleur (Bay of Heat). Which allude to the Explorer Jacques Cartier whose men landed in the area in July 1534, due to the Hot and Humid Weather he named the are la baye de Chaleur (Bay of Heat). The Fern leaf symbolises the Micmac Indians which Cartier met. In their legend the God Glooscap had beaten his evil twin to death with a Fern

Literature: Image from https://readyayeready.com/badges/. Information from Badges of the Canadian Forces / Insignes de Forces Canadiennes