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by Željko Heimer, 4 January 2003
Official Name: Saint Lucia
Capital: Castries
Location: Caribbean
Government Type: Constitutional Monarchy (Queen
Elizabeth II)
Flag adopted: 22
February 1979
Designer: Dunstan St Omer
Coat of arms adopted: 1 March 1967
ISO Code: LC
See also:
At <www.stlucia.gov.lc>
is the official flag of Saint Lucia. The colours has been changed
in the last time, because at sites before November last year the
colours was as known (dark blue and yellow). Did anybody knows
when the colours was officially changed (22.02.2002(?)) ? "
Falko Schmidt, 15 April 2002
Did you notice that in the quoted website the flag behind the
photo of St Lucia Prime Minister is still dark blue ?
Armand Noel du Payrat, 17 April 2002
Note that the present PM is in office since 1997 so that his
photo maight be quite old. It's interesting that both image and
description are compatible - they both describe the flag as
"cerulean".
Jan Zrzavy, 17 April 2002
The most intriguing fact is that the flag description says
cerulean (sky) blue since its design, but has always been render
a darker blue. I have been in St. Lucia, but many years ago, and
it was a darker blue then.
Blas Delgado Ortiz, 17 April 2002
The light blue flag is a new flag. Confirmed by the UN office
of St. Lucia, who wrote me that the flag was adopted after their
website had been completed, and so they show the old design in
dark blue. The adoption date lies between December 2001 and March
2002. The office promised me complete infos.
Ralf Stelter, 13 May 2002
The web mentions that the flag was designed by Dunstan
St.Omer. I believe he is a designer of the first national
flag.
Nozomi Kariyasu, 31 May 2002
St. Lucia is probably returning to the original flag colors.
Some older sources, at least the Czech vexillological book
written by Ludvik Mucha, did show the light blue flags in 1970's
and early 1980's. I think that the color change took part in
about 1979, together with changes of the flag geometry.
Jan Zrzavy, 1 June 2002
In use since 1 March 1967, officially adopted 22 February
1979. Used as civil, state and war flag and ensign. Proportions
1:2.
Mark Sensen, 29 January 1996 and Željko Heimer, 13
March 1997
St. Lucia was first settled by France in 1650. During French
rule, it used the same flag as Martinique, its neighbouring
island to the north. It became British in 1814 - so the first
ensign could date at least to this time. Afterwards, the two
rulers were changed several times, but it finally remained a
British dependency into the 'modern era'. In 1939 the arms were
granted. Internal self-government was granted in 1967 (when it
became an Associated State of Great Britain). Full independence
in 1979.
Željko Heimer, 18 March 1997
The flag represents the island surrounded by the sea - two
triangular shapes on the flag represent two volcanic hills, the
Pitons, which are recognized by the people of St. Lucia and by
the world as the symbol of this island. Please refer here, for an
illustrative photo of the Pitons.
Joseph Sexton, 14 August 1998
From Dorling-Kindersley Pocket Book [udk97]:
"It [the flag] was designed by a local artist, Dunstan St
Omer. The blue field represents the sea, from which arise the
twin peaks of the Pitons said to be 'rising sheer out of the sea
and looking skyward - a symbol of hope'. The yellow triangle
stands for sunshine and the black arrowhead on white, for the
twin cultures of the island. [...] A new form of the arms was
also adopted, symbolizing the national motto 'The Land, the
People, the Light'.Apart from the Governor-General's
flag and that of the capital Castries, no other flags are
known."
Ivan Sache, 31 January 2000
From <www.stlucia.gov.lc>:
Description:
Saint Lucian artist Dunstan St. Omer, designer of the National Flag, has described it as follows:
Dimensions of the National Flag
The dimensions of the National Flag shall be in the following proportions: 6'x3' and 9"x4.5"
Meaning of the Flag
Falko Schmidt, 15 April 2000
According to Album 2000 [pay00]
- National Flag (CSW/C-- 1:2) - The Album 2000 has medium blue
field, while corr. 2 has it much lighter, after the recent
reports.
Željko Heimer, 2 January 2003