Town Flag, Sidney BC
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arby101ca
N 48° 39.020 W 123° 23.908
10U E 470651 N 5388662
The Town of Sidney Flag flies on a flagpole near the Veterans Memorial Cenotaph in front of the town hall, 2440 Sidney Ave. The Town's official Flag has a white background and a shield with two waves of the sea below.
Waymark Code: WMFAEF
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Date Posted: 09/19/2012
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The following information is based on information on the Town of Sidney website. See (
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The shield on the town flag has the sloop, H.M.S. Plumper, in the centre. The upper part of the shield is blue showing two arrowheads with clasped hands between them. H.M.S. Plumper, commanded by Captain George Henry Richards, was a Royal Navy survey vessel. In 1859 Captain Richards surveyed Sidney Island and Sidney Channel. The arrowhead on the upper right was Salish Natives while on the left the blue barbed arrowhead was from the Sidney family's coat-of-arms. The clasped hands between them symbolized the friendship between the First Nations and the settlers.
On April 26, 1999, the Town's Flag was granted and sealed by the Chief Herald of Canada, of the Canadian Heraldic Authority, and entered into the Public Register of Arms, Flags and Badges of Canada.