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The flag of the City of Belleville, Ontario, is described in By-Law no.
11246, Section 9: "The flag for the Corporation of the City of Belleville shall
be a flag on a field of gold and red to match the Shield of the Armorial
Bearings and containing the said Shield in the center thereof. The flag may be
flown on all civic buildings, including school buildings. The Mayor only shall
have the right to fly the flag on a vehicle". There is also Mayoral Banner
described in Section 10: "There may be a banner to be used by the Mayor at
official functions which shall contain the Shield of the Armorial Bearings of
the City of Belleville. The size of the banner shall be appropriate to the
occasion on which it is used". By-Law passed and effective 17.01.1983.
Coat of arms: "Gules a Chevron barry wavy Argent and Azure between three Bells
Or on a Chief of the last a Book closed bound Azure edged Gold between two Grant
Trunk Locomotive Engines tempore 1877 affronty upon rails with sleepers proper
And for the Crest Within a Mural Crown of Stone environed by a circlet of Maple
Leaves in their Fall tints a demi Beaver proper and a demi Lion Or supporting
between them a Staff Azure ensigned by a Maple Leaf Gold and flying therefrom a
swallow-tailed Pennon of St. George, Mantled Gules doubled Or" Granted
08.01.1982.
Unfortunately I received only a poor b/w image of the coat of
arms. Documentation thanks to Debbie Parks, Assistant to the CAO.
About
the city:
"Belleville (Canada 2006 Census population 48,821, census
agglomeration population 91,518) is a city located at the mouth of the Moira
River on the Bay of Quinte in Southern (Southeastern) Ontario, Canada, in the
Quebec City-Windsor Corridor. It is the seat of Hastings County and the center
of the Bay of Quinte Region." - from Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belleville,_Ontario
Official website:
http://www.city.belleville.on.ca/Pages/default.aspx
Valentin Poposki, 29 January 2010