Old Canadian/Province Flag Help

[Big Mikey]

Hi Ron. I managed to find the following on a quick search.

Regarding provincial flags, Prince Edward Island has an elongated lion and tree, New Brunswick has a lion and ship, Nova Scotia has a reverse saltire and lion rampant, Ontario has maple leaves, Quebec has fleur de lis, lion and maple leaves.

I found no mention of fish or what appears to be a bull on your flag. The red ensign with the Canadian coat of arms was authorized to be used overseas in 1945. I would venture a guess that your red ensign may have belonged to a national military group and they tried to incorporate symbols representative of all provinces.

Though it is only supposition, I hope this helps.


A little slow on entering. Thanks old guys above.

[macwilkin]

Hi Ron. I managed to find the following on a quick search.

Regarding provincial flags, Prince Edward Island has an elongated lion and tree, New Brunswick has a lion and ship, Nova Scotia has a reverse saltire and lion rampant, Ontario has maple leaves, Quebec has fleur de lis, lion and maple leaves.

I found no mention of fish or what appears to be a bull on your flag. The red ensign with the Canadian coat of arms was authorized to be used overseas in 1945. I would venture a guess that your red ensign may have belonged to a national military group and they tried to incorporate symbols representative of all provinces.

Though it is only supposition, I hope this helps.

Again, see articles posted above.

Todd

[Riverkilt]

Thanks guys, I be addled and aged...remember us rumaging but not solving...it gets worse every day.

Certainly makes sense considering the times the flag comes from.

And, optimist that I can be thought maybe the Nova Scotians were paying some sort of tribute to Louisberg with the Fleur de lis....

Thanks for the help, twice. Nice to have a plausable story for the grandkids.

Ron