Coat of Arms of Coquitlam

The Coat of Arms of Coquitlam is the emblem of the city of Coquitlam in British Columbia. Member of Parliament Paul Eugene Forseth (Conservative) Member of the Legislative Assembly Diane Thorne (NDP) Mayor Jon Kingsbury Councillors Kent Becker Fin Donnelly Louella Hollington Mae Reid Bill LeClair Barrie Lynch Diane Thorne Maxine Wilson Population (2005) 113,498 Immigrant Population 39,000 (35%) Languages English(Official) 82% French(Official... Motto: Splendor Sine Occasu (Splendour without diminishment) Other Canadian provinces and territories Capital Victoria Largest city Vancouver Lieutenant Governor Iona Campagnolo Premier Gordon Campbell (BC Liberal) Area 944,735 km² (5th)  - Land 925,186 km²  - Water 19,549 km² (2. ...

Symbols

The wavy blue horizontal band across the middle of the shield is seen in two ways. As a single blue wavy line it represents the Fraser River and the gold wavy centre becomes a reference to the Gold Rush of the 1850s. It can also be seen as two wavy bars to represent the Pitt and Coquitlam Rivers with the gold centre becoming a symbol of prosperity. For other rivers with this name see Fraser River (disambiguation) The Fraser River is the longest river in British Columbia, Canada, rising in the Rocky Mountains near Mount Robson and flowing for 1400 km (870 mi), into the Pacific Ocean at the city of Vancouver. ... Gold rush ad A gold rush is a period of feverish migration of workers into the area of a dramatic discovery of commercial quantities of gold. ... Located in between the cities of Coquitlam and Port Coquitlam which are suburbs of Vancouver, Canada. ...

The fleur-de-lys at the base of the shield is a reference to the French Canadian settlers who came to Mallardville in the early days. Fleurs-de-lys on the flag of Quebec The fleur-de-lis (also spelled fleur-de-lys; plural fleurs-de-lis or -lys) is used in heraldry, where it is particularly associated with the France monarchy (see King of France). ...

The upper part of the shield - called the chief - is blue and on it is placed a five-leaved device known as a cinquefoil. In Scottish heraldry this symbol is called a fraise and is a pun on the name of Simon Fraser who came by in his canoe in 1808 exploring the river which bears his name. On either side of the fraise are two dogwood flowers, a reference to the Province of B.C. and the symbol formerly used by the City of Coquitlam. The edge of the chief is crenellated like the rampart of a fort and is a reference to the Royal Engineers who had a fort in this region in the early days. Simon Fraser (1776 – 18 August 1862) was a fur trader and an explorer who charted much of what is now the Canadian province of British Columbia. ...

Above the helmet is the crest, in this case a coronet, the rim of which repeats the symbols found in the chief in the shield below.

The supporters on either side of the shield are Clydesdale Stallions. These horses were used by early settlers to clear the land of Coquitlam and to break the soil for the first farmers. The blue fraise on the shoulder of each stallion is to identify the horse as being uniquely Coquitlam's. Clydesdale draft horse at the Maryland State Fair The Clydesdale is a breed of draft horse named after and derived from hard-working farm horses of Clydesdale (now Lanarkshire), Scotland. ...