Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan (Canada)

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2:3 image by Eugene Ipavec
Source: Canadian City Flags, Raven 18

• Moose Jaw
• Current Flag
  • Design
  • Symbolism
  • Selection
  • Designer

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• Saskatchewan
• Canada

Moose Jaw

About the city:

Moose Jaw is a city in south-central Saskatchewan, Canada on the Moose Jaw River. It is situated on the Trans-Canada Highway 71 kilometres (44 mi) west of Regina. It is best known as a retirement and tourist city that serves as a hub to the hundreds of small towns and farms in the surrounding region of Saskatchewan. The city has 35,689 residents." - from Wikipedia: Moose Jaw.

Valentin Poposki, 17 April 2010

Current Flag

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.

Design

The flag of the City of Moose Jaw is a modified Canadian pale, divided into three vertical sections; the outer two are emerald green and half the width of the inner section, which is golden yellow. In the centre, half the height of the flag, is a naturalistic depiction of the head of a bull moose, in tan with brown details, in three-quarters profile oriented toward the right. The official specifications reverse the moose head on the back of the flag.
Alison Wilkes, Canadian City Flags, Raven 18, 2011

Symbolism

Green and gold are the city’s official colours and also the field colours of the provincial flag of Saskatchewan. The overall design recalls the national flag. The moose head represents the city’s namesake, the moose (Alces alces).
Alison Wilkes, Canadian City Flags, Raven 18, 2011

Selection

Designer

A.L.C. Atkinson of Surrey, British Columbia, formerly an engineering professor at the University of Saskatchewan.
Alison Wilkes, Canadian City Flags, Raven 18, 2011