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Flag of British Columbia. A white banner with a Union Jack on the top third modified with a golden crown and three wavy blue lines on the bottom, all under a setting golden half-sun on the bottom. A Blue Ensign in unofficial use between 1906 & 1960. A Blue Ensign used between 1870 & 1906. The flag of British Columbia is based upon the shield of ...
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Jade is mined in many parts of British Columbia. Tartan. Blue, white, green, red and gold. 1974. Symbolising the ocean, dogwood, forests, the maple leaf and sun on the shield and flag. Fossil. Elasmosaur. 2023. Adopted into the Provincial Symbols and Honours Act.
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Province of British Columbia : Author: Original concepts of Arthur John Beanlands; Ambrose Lee, York Herald (1906); and Conrad Swan, York Herald (1987), College of Arms, London.. Rendered into SVG by -xfi-. Permission (Reusing this file) "The Provincial flag is public domain and not protected by the Provincial Symbols and Honours Act."
The coat of arms of British Columbia[1] is the heraldic symbol representing the Canadian province of British Columbia. The arms contain symbols reflecting British Columbia's British heritage along with local symbols. At the upper part of the shield is the Union Jack, representing the United Kingdom. The lower portion of the shield features a ...
Summary. English: The blue ensign flag for the Canadian province of British Columbia, but never officially used. Government Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg. Flag of the Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia (1906–1982).svg. This flag was improved or created by the Wikigraphists of the Graphic Lab (Commons).
The province's name was chosen by Queen Victoria, when the Colony of British Columbia (1858–1866), i.e., "the Mainland", became a British colony in 1858. [27] It refers to the Columbia District, the British name for the territory drained by the Columbia River, in southeastern British Columbia, which was the namesake of the pre-Oregon Treaty Columbia Department of the Hudson's Bay Company.