Flag of the Town of Eckville, AB
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member T0SHEA
N 52° 21.595 W 114° 22.172
11U E 679115 N 5804327
The flag of the town of Eckville flies just where one would expect it to - in front of the Town Hall.
Waymark Code: WMM6VB
Location: Alberta, Canada
Date Posted: 08/01/2014
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member iconions
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Eckville's Town Hall is on 51st Avenue, at 5023. In front fly the flags of Canada, Alberta and Eckville. Eckville's flag has a centre field of white with navy blue bars each end and the Coat of Arms of the town in the centre. The Coat of Arms is shown below. Not being a heraldry expert, I'll not try to describe it. I doesn't appear to have been registered with Heraldry Canada

Eckville is a small farming town in central Alberta which also relies on lumbering and the oil patch for employment. It is surrounded by oil and gas fields, as are a great many areas in the province. Named after the founder Arthur E.T. Eckford, the landowner of the original Eckville, it moved to its present location to be nearer the Northern Alberta Railroad, which bypassed the original townsite. It was incorporated as a village in 1921 and a town in 1966.

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