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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 ...
Order of Nova Scotia: Order of Nova Scotia ribbon: 2002 [20] The Order of Nova Scotia is Nova Scotia's highest honour. The medal is in the form of the five-petalled mayflower, at the heart of the flower is the Shield of Arms for Nova Scotia and the shield is surmounted by St. Edward's crown.
Canada's provinces and territories also have official provincial or territorial floral emblems: Ontario: white trillium (Trillium grandiflorum), adopted in 1937. [71] Quebec: blue flag (Iris versicolor), adopted in November 1999. [72] [73] Nova Scotia: mayflower (Epigea repens), adopted in 1901. [74]
Epigaea repens is the floral emblem of both Nova Scotia and Massachusetts. Digging up one in Massachusetts is punishable with a $50 fine. Digging up one in Massachusetts is punishable with a $50 fine.
"Toronto the Good" from its history as a bastion of 19th century Victorian morality and coined by mayor William Holmes Howland [176] An 1898 book by C.S. Clark was titled Of Toronto the Good. A Social Study. [177] The Queen City of Canada As It Is. The book is a facsimile of an 1898 edition.
A federal statutory holiday, it celebrates the anniversary of Canadian Confederation which occurred on July 1, 1867, with the passing of the British North America Act, 1867, when the three separate colonies of the United Canadas, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick were united into a single dominion within the British Empire called Canada.
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This category includes the native flora of Nova Scotia, in Eastern Canada. Taxa of the lowest rank are always included. Higher taxa are included only if endemic. For the purposes of this category, "Nova Scotia" is defined in accordance with the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions. That is, the geographic region is ...