Misc. Flags

Nova Scotia
The N.S. flag is a reverse of the Saint Andrew's Cross of Scotland, with the royal badge of Scotland in the centre. Nova Scotia's flag was granted in 1625 by King James I, (James VI of Scotland) to Sir William Alexander, a Scottish noble and explorer for the establishment of a Colony in what was then French Acadia. At this time, Nova Scotia's coat of arms was also granted.

Cape Breton Island
Cape Breton Island is part of Nova Scotia, but retains a very strong sense of regional identity, with Scottish and French influences much more obvious in its culture than on mainland Nova Scotia. There has been an unofficial flag of CBI for many years, and when I went to try to buy one on my last visit there, I discovered that it no longer exists, and that this new official flag is there. The new flag is white (I'll let you decide if it's a bedsheet or not!) with four coloured bars across the bottom in blue over green over yellow over grey. These bars are separated by a narrow black fimbriation

. The green bar rises up in the fly to silhouette a hill. Toward the hoist is a stylised green bald-headed eagle in flight. The four bars represent the usual things - blue for sea; green for green hills; I forget what yellow is but it is something to do with the people; grey for the coal that is mined there. Ratio: 1:2.

The old flag used in CBI was generally forest green (although one manufacturer insists she made in dark blue), with a yellow (or white) circle in the centre, carrying an outline map of CBI coloured in CBI tartan (green, yellow, black and white). I was hoping that I would get to post the first flag with tartan on it - but alas I cannot find an example!      Rob Raeside, 3 October 1997