New Westminster, British Columbia

Last modified: 2005-02-12 by phil nelson
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• New Westminster

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From the New Westminster BC, from the city web site: http://www.city.new-westminster.bc.ca/coat_of_arms.html

The City's flag is modelled on the national flag, with blue bars at either side and the shield of the City's arms in the centre. A Short History of New Westminster The first incorporated municipality in Western Canada, New Westminster was founded by the Royal Engineers in 1859 and served as the first capital of the united colony of British Columbia. When Victoria became the provincial capital in 1868, New Westminster emerged as an institutional centre and supply point for the construction of the transcontinental railway. Its growing importance as a business centre serving the farming communities of the Fraser Valley continued into the twentieth century and, by 1913, New Westminster had become the fourth most important concentration of manufacturing in Western Canada. Over the years, New Westminster has changed in role and importance, but the imprints of those early years have left a sense of pride and honour among the 48,000 people who reside and work in New Westminster.

researched by: Phil Nelson 11 June 2000

It should be noted that the image on this page (and possibly the flags in use) is not like the Canadian national flag, with 1:2:1 stripes, but something like 5:7:5 or 2:3:2
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