Coat of arms of the Northwest Territories

The Arms of the Northwest Territories
The Arms of the Northwest Territories
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	Escutcheon
	Badge of the Commissioner
Adopted	1956
Crest	A compass rose proper between two narwhals haurient and addorsed Or
Shield	Per bend wavy Gules and Vert billetty Or in sinister chief the mask of an Arctic fox Argent on a chief indented of the last a barrulet wavy Azure

The coat of arms of the Northwest Territories was granted by a Royal Warrant of Queen Elizabeth II on 24 February 1956.^[1] The shield is also featured on the territorial flag. The coat of arms was designed by Canadian heraldry expert Alan Beddoe in the early 1950s.^[2]

^ ^a ^b "Official Symbols of the Northwest Territories". Archived from the original on 19 February 2013. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
^ "Wrong flag colours fly in Yellowknife". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 10 June 2013.

[symbols-1] "Official Symbols of the Northwest Territories". Archived from the original on 19 February 2013. Retrieved 10 June 2013.

[2] "Wrong flag colours fly in Yellowknife". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 10 June 2013.

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