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Saturna Island, British Columbia (Canada)

Capital Regional District

Last modified: 2012-07-16 by rob raeside
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image by Michael Halleran, 14 June 2012

• Description of the flag
• Detail of arms

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• Capital Regional District
• Municipal and County Flags of British Columbia
• British Columbia
• Canada

Description of the flag

Saturna Island is the southernmost of the Gulf Islands with a permanent population of about 350. The economy is based on tourism and agriculture (chiefly vineyards and sheep). They adopted a flag echoing the Spanish discovery of the island (named for the Spanish naval schooner Santa Saturnina) with a yellow cross on a red field bearing a badge in the upper quadrant of the fly. The attached photos show the flag flying from the Saturna Island Heritage Centre in the Fog Horn Building at East Point and a detail of the badge. Which can be seen as based on the Spanish Arms with local symbolism added (a domestic sheep, orca, wild goat, eagle – albeit heraldic rather than proper – and wine tankard) with two trees as supporters. The flags are produce on island generally with a hand painted badge, although I am told that there is one with an appliqué and embroidered badge for the use of the island’s cutter.
Michael Halleran, 14 June 2012

Detail of arms

image by Michael Halleran, 14 June 2012

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