Municipal Flag of the City of Grand Forks - British Columbia
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N 49° 01.973 W 118° 26.471
11U E 394659 N 5432111
Grand Forks flies its flag at Gyro Park on Central Avenue at 5th Street, aside the BC, Canadian and all the Provincial flags of Canada.
Waymark Code: WMH0VY
Location: British Columbia, Canada
Date Posted: 05/03/2013
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The flag of the City of Grand Forks, BC, contains the municipal coat of arms which features the West Kootenay Mountains, wheat fields, which represent agriculture, pine trees, representing forestry and a mining cart set against a red triangle representing copper mining. The depiction of the sun above the name suggests the location of the City in the “Sunshine Valley”.
The motto “Divitiae ex Solo” means "riches from the soil", referring to agriculture and mining, the two major industries of the valley since its settlement.
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