Royaume du Saguenay (Quebec - Canada)

The name "Royaume du Saguenay" is still the nickname of this area and though it is now use in the administrative region of Saguenay/Lac-St-Jean, it does not represent it in any official capacity and it was created at a time when the saguenay was considered a separate region.
Marc Pasquin. 24 September 2004

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Saguenay region is on both shores of the Saguenay river in Quebec. It's part of the Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean administrative region (is the flag used in Lac-St-Jean also? I don't know...).

The name "Kingdom of Saguenay" takes its origin in a legend from the beginning of the French colonisation in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. According to the Algonquian Indians, their was a Kingdom of white blond men rich of gold and furs in the north in a place they called Saguenay. French explorers looked for this kingdom in vain... Today, some people think it was an ancient Viking settlement that the Algonquian oral tradition referred to.

The proportions of the flags I've seen were always 2:3, and the cross including the red and grey parts is 1/6 of the length. This is exactly like the flag of Quebec. The 4 colors used represent the 4 elements of the richness of Saguenay : the green is for the forest and is placed on the top to show its ancient; the yellow is for the agriculture and is placed at the bottom like the ground that provides it ; the grey is for it's industry disposed as a cross to signify its exploitation and distribution role ; the red is for the population putting in highlight the other elements.

This flag was adopted in 1938 to commemorate the beginning of its colonisation in 1838. It is still in use.
Luc-Vartan Baronian, 27 January 1997

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Its gray cross represents the aluminum, which is an important part of our industry. The red border represents the labor of the inhabitants. The green color represents the forest and the yellow represents the agriculture. This flag was created in 1938, for the 100th anniversary of the arrival of the first settlers. Its creator was Mgr Victor Tremblay, a local historian.

There is also a regional day which is celebrated on June 11th and a regional