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Quebec (Canada)

Qu�bec

by Luc-Vartan Baronian - 1997-05

Rouyaume du Saguenay

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Canada

I think the shape of fleur-de-lis in the GIF I sent is the official one. However, on a Quebec flag I bought in Montreal, they are different - the elements are not joined and the two pieces on the side do not emerge from the 'bar' but continue through it (terrible description, I agree).

jan oskar engene - 1995-11-02

The official proportions of the flag are listed on the GIF that jan sent as :

horizontally : 9-6-9 (=24)
vertically : 6-4-6 (=16)
with height of the fleur-de-lys : 4

The flag was officially confirmed on 1948-01-21.

zeljko heimer - 1996-07-16

Royaume du Saguenay

by jan oskar engene - 1996-08-15

There is also a flag for the Royaume du Saguenay (Kingdom of Saguenay) which is an distinctive historic and very nationalist region of the Quebec province : A grey cross with a red border, the two upper cantons are green and the two lower are yellow.
Luc Baronian - 1996-07-31

Was this Kingdom for real? From what I can find out, the Kingdom of Saguenay was a mythical kingdom filled with gold and gemstones that the explorer Cartier hoped to find. A kind of northern equivalent of the Eldorado the Spanish were looking for.
jan oskar engene - 1996-08-15

I don't know about the kingdom but there is a Saguenay Lake on the edge of the St. Laurence River in Quebec. Perhaps this is the focus of the mithical? kingdom and an ultra-nationalist region today?
nathan augustine - 1996-08-21