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The oldest colony in the current province was the colony of Vancouver Island, established in 1849. In the same year the seal of the new colony was made, which was based on the design of other colonial seals. The seal showed a shield with a beaver, pine tree, trident and cadeceus all under the Royal Arms. | |||
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|align="center"|[[File:brcolumbia2.jpg|center| | |align="center"|[[File:vancouvercolonyz1.jpg|center|450 px|Seal of Vancouver Island]] <br/>The seal of Vancouver Island (1849) | ||
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The cadeceus refers to trade, the trident to shipping, the pine to forestry and the beaver to the arms of the [[Hudson Bay Company]], which was responsible for the administration of the new colony. | |||
The Colony of British Columbia was established in 1858 and in 1864 the Vancouver Island colony was merged with British Columbia. The new colony used a simple seal with the image of Queen Victoria on a throne. This seal was used most of the 19th century. | |||
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|align="center"|[[File:brcolumbiaz1.jpg|center|450 px|Seal of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The seal from the 1860s | |||
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A new seal was ordered by the now Province of British Columbia on September 16, 1896. The new seal showed a shield with the Union Jack and in chief a sun. It also already showed the two supporters, motto and crest as in the current arms. | |||
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|align="center"|[[File:brcolumbiaz2.jpg|center|450 px|Seal of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The seal from 1896 | |||
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These arms were never officially granted. Only in 1904 the provincial government started the procedure of a request to the College of Arms to obtain the arms as use don the seal. In 1905 the College of Arms proposed the old design, but with the sun and Union Jack reversed. Furthermore the College added a crown in the center of the flag. This proposal was approved and finally granted in 1906. | |||
It also meant that a new seal had to be made, but it took until 1911 before the new seal was finally ready. | |||
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|align="center"|[[File:brcolumbiaz3.jpg|center|450 px|Seal of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The seal from 1911 | |||
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In the meantime, however the government had already used the design from th eseal as arms proper, as can be seen in the window below in the legislative assembly of the province. It was also used on stationary. | |||
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|align="center"|[[File:brcolumbia2.jpg|center|450 px|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The old arms in a glass window | |||
|align="center"|[[File:brcolumbia3.jpg|center|350 px|Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] <br/>The old arms on stationary | |||
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[[Literature]] : information from http://www.gg.ca | [[Literature]] : information from http://www.gg.ca; Swan, 1977; images from Facebook | ||
[[Category:Canadian provinces]] | [[Category:Canadian provinces]] | ||
[[Category:British Columbia]] | [[Category:British Columbia]] | ||