Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Badges of Canadian provinces

Oakridge Centre (奧克里奇購物中心) is a modern shopping mall located at Cambie Street, south of Queen Elizabeth Park. Inside there is a beautiful hanging clock with badges showing the provinces:
[1] British Columbia [2] Alberta [3] Saskatchewan [4] Manitoba [5] Ontario
[6] Quebec
[7] New Brunswick [8] Prince Edward Island [9] Nova Scotia
[10] Newfoundland and Labrador


















To enable me to recognize which is which, I make the following remarks (in brackets)
[1] British Columbia (British Flag + sea + sun)
[2] Alberta (a red cross against a white background + mountain + grassland + yellowish field)
[3] Saskatchewan (a lion + 3 bales of wheat against a green background)
[4] Manitoba (a red cross against a white background + a bison against a green background)
[5] Ontario (a red cross against a white background + 3 yellow maple leaves from a branch)
[6] Quebec (3 spearheads + a lion + 3 maple leaves)
[7] New Brunswick (a lion + a big junk)
[8] Prince Edward Island (1 big and 3 smaller trees)
[9] Nova Scotia (a blue cross against a white background + a yellow shield with a lion at the centre)
[10] Newfoundland and Labrador (a white cross against a red background with lions and horses going diagonally)