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Coat of arms of the Northwest Territories

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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
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A compass rose proper between two narwhals haurient and addorsed Or
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on 24 February 1956. The shield is also featured on the
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Public Register of Arms, Flags and Badges of Canada
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List of Canadian provincial and territorial symbols
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Commissioner
Crest
Shield
Elizabeth II
territorial flag
Canadian heraldry
Alan Beddoe
narwhals
compass rose
magnetic North Pole
Northwest Passage
tree line
tundra
fur
billets
mask
white fox
Symbols of the Northwest Territories
National symbols of Canada
List of Canadian provincial and territorial symbols
Heraldry



"Official Symbols of the Northwest Territories"
the original
"Wrong flag colours fly in Yellowknife"

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