Franco-Columbiens (British Columbia, Canada)

Last modified: 2013-06-28 by rob raeside
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image by Jan Oskar Engene, 15 August 1996

See also:

• British Columbia
• Flags of the French Communities (Canada)

From: http://www.ffcb.bc.ca/main/portrait.php (translation of caption):

Created by Raymond Lemoine, the flag ran first in a contest in May 1981. (Officially) hoisted in 1982. The Franco-Columbian flag bears the floral emblem of British Columbia, the dogwood. The blue stripes evoke the sea and, where they rise, the mountains. The stylized fleur-de-lys symbolizes the French speaking community and points to the sun represented by the yellow disk.