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 RCSCC ONONDAGA |
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RCSCC ONONDAGA
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| Blazon: | Azure, within a representation of the wampum of the Iroquois Nation, another of the head of the mace used at the sitting of the first parliament of Upper Canada in 1792, both proper. |
| Significance: | The badge is that of HMCS ONONDAGA. This design displays a representation of the wampum of the Iroquois League, of which the Onondagas were the central tribe and known as the Keepers of the Wampum. The latter -- made primarily of cowrie shells -- is symbolic of the original founding of the League in 1580 and has been handed down through a line of hereditary custodians, all of the Onondaga tribe. The mace head is an indirect reference to the schooner ONONDAGA, a vessel of H.M. Provincial Marine on Lake Ontario, which had a part in the convening of the first Parliament of Upper Canada at Newark in 1792, and also in the founding of York (now Toronto) in 1793. |
| Notes: | RCSCC Onondaga, Nipigon, Ontario |