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'''SOUTH FRONTENAC''' | '''SOUTH FRONTENAC''' | ||
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'''Crest''': Issuant from a mural crown Azure masoned Argent charged with a roundel per saltire Argent, Or, Gules and Sable between two griffins’ claws Or, a loon rising wings elevated and addorsed proper. <br> | '''Crest''': Issuant from a mural crown Azure masoned Argent charged with a roundel per saltire Argent, Or, Gules and Sable between two griffins’ claws Or, a loon rising wings elevated and addorsed proper. <br> | ||
'''Supporters''': Two stags guardant Or attired and unguled Azure each bearing on the shoulder a hurt, that to the dexter charged with a milk canister, that to the sinister with a fish hauriant Argent, both standing on a rocky mount set with trilliums and tufts of grass proper issuant from barry-wavy Argent and Azure. <br> | '''Supporters''': Two stags guardant Or attired and unguled Azure each bearing on the shoulder a hurt, that to the dexter charged with a milk canister, that to the sinister with a fish hauriant Argent, both standing on a rocky mount set with trilliums and tufts of grass proper issuant from barry-wavy Argent and Azure. <br> | ||
'''Motto''': OUR STRENGTH IS OUR COMMUNITY | '''[[:Category:Mottoes all|Motto]]''': OUR STRENGTH IS OUR COMMUNITY | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | |||
The arms were officially granted on April 15, 2013. | The arms were officially granted on April 15, 2013. | ||
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The stags, which are found in the forests of the township, represent the forestry industry in earlier times, as well as recreational hunting. A stag’s head also appears on the arms of Lord Sydenham, Governor General of Canada (1839-1841), after whom South Frontenac’s largest community is named. The milk canister represents the importance of dairy farming in the township’s history. The fish refers to recreational fishing. The rocky base refers to the Frontenac Axis of the Canadian Shield, the geographical feature that runs through the township. Trilliums, the floral emblem of Ontario, grow in abundance in the township, and the waves at the bottom are another indication of the lakes within South Frontenac. | The stags, which are found in the forests of the township, represent the forestry industry in earlier times, as well as recreational hunting. A stag’s head also appears on the arms of Lord Sydenham, Governor General of Canada (1839-1841), after whom South Frontenac’s largest community is named. The milk canister represents the importance of dairy farming in the township’s history. The fish refers to recreational fishing. The rocky base refers to the Frontenac Axis of the Canadian Shield, the geographical feature that runs through the township. Trilliums, the floral emblem of Ontario, grow in abundance in the township, and the waves at the bottom are another indication of the lakes within South Frontenac. | ||
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[[Category:Canadian municipalities]] | [[Category:Canadian municipalities]] | ||
[[Category:Ontario]] | [[Category:Ontario]] | ||
[[Category:Granted 2013]] | [[Category:Granted 2013]] | ||