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 RCSCC PORT AUGUSTA |
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RCSCC PORT AUGUSTA
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| Blazon: | Per fess wavy Sable and barry wavy of six Argent and Azure; a chief dancetty Argent, and over all a topsail schooner rigged and flagged proper. |
| Significance: | The mountains are the Beaufort Mountain range (named after Rear Admiral Sir Francis Beaufort K.C.B., F.R.S., F.R.G.S., R.N., Chief Hydrographer of the Royal Navy) that overlook the Comox Harbour and is the background for the Comox Valley, the home of the City of Courtenay, Town of Comox and Village of Cumberland. The water represents the Comox Harbour, originally named Port Augusta. Port Augusta was named by Captain (later Vice Admiral Sir) George Richards (K.C.B.,) R.N., for Augusta Baynes, the young daughter of Rear Admiral Sir Robert Baynes K.C.B., R.N., the Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Station 1857-1860. |
| Notes: | RCSCC Port Augusta, Comox, British Columbia |
| Artist: | LCdr Steve Cowan, Area Cadet Instructor Cadre Officer (Sea), Vancouver Island. |