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2. Regional tartans of Canada - Wikipedia

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   [22] [23] The tartan was registered at the Court of the Lord Lyon in 1972, and officially adopted by the Territorial Council in January 1973. [3] By 1976, it was being promoted along with other territorial symbols in official brochures from the NWT government. [23] Nova Scotia: Nova Scotia (Province) Official; usage requires licence. [24]

3. List of Canadian provincial and territorial symbols - Wikipedia

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   Nova Scotia [9] Osprey: Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever Sable Island horse: Brook trout: Mayflower: Red spruce: Stilbite: Munit haec et altera vincit (one defends and the other conquers) Sailing ambassador: Bluenose II, Nova Scotia tartan; berry: wild blueberry; fossil: Hylonomus lyelli; gemstone: agate: Nunavut [10] Rock ptarmigan: Canadian ...

4. Tartan Day - Wikipedia

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   Tartan Day is celebration of Scottish heritage and the cultural contributions of Scottish and Scottish-diaspora figures of history. [1] The name refers to tartan, a patterned woollen cloth associated with Scotland. The event originated in Nova Scotia, Canada, in 1987. It spread to other communities of the Scottish diaspora and Scotland itself ...

5. Scottish Americans - Wikipedia

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   The controversial Zeno letters have been cited in support of a claim that Henry Sinclair, earl of Orkney, visited Nova Scotia in 1398. [34] In the early years of Spanish colonization of the Americas, a Scot named Tam Blake spent 20 years in Colombia and Mexico. He took part in the conquest of New Granada in 1532 with Alonso de Heredia.

6. List of open-air and living history museums - Wikipedia

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   Fortress of Louisbourg, Louisbourg, Nova Scotia; Fort William Historical Park, Thunder Bay, Ontario; Fort York, Toronto, Ontario; Greater Sudbury Heritage Museums; Halifax Citadel National Historic Site of Canada (Citadel Hill), Halifax, Nova Scotia; Highland Village Museum, Iona, Nova Scotia; Heritage Park Historical Village, Calgary, Alberta

7. Folk costume - Wikipedia

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   Folk costume, traditional dress, traditional attire or folk attire, is clothing associated with a particular ethnic group, nation or region, and is an expression of cultural, religious or national identity.