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Canadian Heraldic Dictionary
Term | Source | Meaning | Illustration |
Labrador Dog | Roberts, E., Vol IV, P 366 | The Labrador Dog in the supporters (shown here as the Golden variety) is a popular retriever. It is used here to represent its namesake, the mainland part of the Province. | |
Lacrosse Stick | Conacher, L.F., Vol IV, P 230 | Lacrosse has its origins in a tribal game played by Eastern Woodlands and some Plains Native Americans in what is now Canada, making it a quint-essential Canadian game. The Lacrosse Stick is seen here as the in-bend charge. | |
Lady's Slipper - Natural | Provincial Flowers of Canada | The Lady’s Slipper (shown here in its natural form) is the Provincial flower of PEI. | |
Lady's Slipper - Heraldic | Province of Prince Edward Island. Vol IV P 195 | The Lady’s Slipper is the Provincial flower of P.E.I. | |
Latin Cross Érablé | Austin, G.H.M., Vol V, P 555 | The Cross Érablé (its ends terminating in maple leaves) refer to the Canadian branch of the grantee’s family. | |
Lawyer's Robe | Canadian Bar Association (Badge) Vol V, P 82 | The Lawyer’s Robe, shown here as the background to the double ansul, represents the members of the legal profession. | |
Leather Cutting Knife | Bata Shoe Museum Foundation. Vol III, P 10 | The skin and knife symbolize the materials and tools that have been used for centuries in the shoemaking process. | |
Life Preserver | HMCS Preserver (Badge) Vol V, P 385 | The Life Preserver is a rebus on the ship’s name. | |
Lighthouse | Marystown, Newfoundland and Labrador. Vol IV, P 101. | The Lighthouse was (and sometimes still is) an iconic feature of Canadian lakes and coastal waters. | |
Lim Dragon | Kwong, N.L., Vol V P 119 | The Kwong is a monster of which the head and fore-limbs are those of a Chinese dragon, the body, legs and tail of a dinosaur. | |
Ling Cod | Ling, D., Vol IV, P 154 | The Ling Cod, a freshwater fish, shown in this crest held by an eagle, is used in this case as a pun on the grantee’s name. | |
Lion-Beaver | Fagan, Frank F. | The Lion-Beaver (upper body of a lion, lower body and tail of a beaver) suggests the power and leadership of the lion along with the well-known work ethic of the beaver. | |
Locomotive Wheel | City of Whitehorse | The locomotive wheel (more correctly a steam locomotive drive wheel) is a flanged steel wheel characterized by a counterweight on one side – to balance the weight of the drive-shaft. If a similar wheel is shown without the counterweight, it should be referred to as a railway wheel. Note that the flange is not clearly shown here. | |
Log Cabin | Phillips, D.G. (Crest) Vol VI, P 141 | The Log Cabin refers to the historical dwellings of the early settlers of Canada. | |
Loon | Township of Marsdon, Que. Vol VI, P 21 | The Loon is a common Canadian water-bird with a distinctive cry. | |
Looping in | St. Paul's Cathedral, Regina | The blazon here states "... a bordure Or its inner line looping in foils of poplar of the field within the bordure ..." It appears that the bordure is charged with poplar leaf outlines slipped inwards (see foil, above) but precisely how they are "looped in" remains unclear. | |
Luther Rose | Wilfred Laurier Students' Union | A rose Argent charged at its centre with a heart Gules, the heart charged with a Latin cross Argent. | |
Lynx | Academy of European Medieval Martial Arts | The great predator cat of the North. From a medieval perspective, the lynx was thought to posses the power of fortelling the future, which when attributed to warrior qualities, refers to the sense of prudence and caution. Being able to anticipate the response of an opponent and correctly defend against that action as if fortelling the future. |