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1:2 image by
Eugene Ipavec
Source: Canadian City Flags,
Raven 18
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The original Township (or District) of Chilliwhack was
incorporated in 1873, and the (first) City of Chilliwack in 1908. In 1980,
these two formed the District of Chilliwack, which was granted the status of
city in 1999. Chilliwhack and Chilliwack were both part of the original
Fraser-Cheam Regional District in 1967, and the new District joined the Fraser
Valley Regional District when the RD's were reorganized in 1995.
Dean McGee, 10 September 2005
Text and image(s) from Canadian City Flags, Raven 18 (2011), courtesy of the North American Vexillological Association, which retains copyright. Image(s) by permission of Eugene Ipavec.
The flag of the City of Chilliwack has a green field with a white
Scandinavian cross; the width of its bars is nearly one-fourth the height of the
flag. Surmounting the intersection of the bars is a white disc, bearing a green
circle enclosing four green Valentine-style hearts joined at their bases.
Jim Croft, Canadian City Flags,
Raven 18,
2011
Crest (above the Shield)
The helmet and mantling, the decorative cloth in the City's colours of
green and white (heraldic silver) are the two traditional components of this
and most coats of arms. Today they can symbolize, in the same spirit as the
knight defending his lands, the determination of citizens to safeguard and
strengthen their community. Above the helmet and mantling is a special emblem,
the mural coronet, often used in heraldry to represent municipal government.
It carries a frieze of maple leaves and dogwoods to represent a Canadian
municipality in British Columbia.
Supporters & Compartment
The compartment on which the shield rests and the supporters stand
represents symbolically, the farmlands, forested land and waters of the
municipality. The First Peoples of the community are honoured through the
golden salmon, rendered in Salish style. Agricultural pioneers and the
agricultural industry are also highlighted through the two silver plows. The
supporter on the left side is a stag representing the rich wildlife to the
City. On the right is a mare, symbol of the horsepower which was the motive
force for all of Chilliwack's early agricultural development and other types
of early transport and industry as well. Each supporter has a distinctive
collar and pendant. The pentagon symbolizes the "five corners" of
the original settlement while the corn represents all of the crops which make
"The Green Heart of the Province" so well known.
Motto
COR VIRIDE PROVINCIAE - "The Green Heart of the Province".
Source: City of Chilliwack
Dean McGee, 10 September 2005
1:2 image by
Eugene Ipavec
Source: Canadian City Flags,
Raven 18
In 1980, when the
City of Chilliwhack amalgamated with
the surrounding Township of Chilliwhack
(and dropped the second “h” from
its name), it adopted a green-white-green
Canadian pale design with a large green
valentine-style heart in the centre, three-fourths the height of the flag. The
Canadian pale design undoubtedly represent Chilliwack as a Canadian city,
and the heart its role as “The Green Heart of British Columbia”.
Jim Croft, Canadian City Flags,
Raven 18,
2011