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Churchill, Manitoba (Canada)

image by Lucas Stratton, Manitoba Vexillological Association and Tomislav Šipek, 4 March 2023
see Air-rally web page located by Valentin Poposki, 28 June 2011

Description of the flag

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Description of the flag

Diagonally divided into wavy-edged stripes, blue-white-purple with the town emblem in the centre.

Quoting the town's website:

Churchill is located on the south western shores of Hudson Bay at the mouth of the historic Churchill River, approximately 1000 kilometers north of Winnipeg. With a latitude of 58.47 N, Churchill is Manitoba’s most northern community and is accessible by air and rail. Our small and unique community has a population of approximately 1100 persons.
http://www.churchill.ca/about/location

The photo of the flag shown above was taken on 4 August 2009.
http://airrally.com/2/story_2009_01.htm
http://airrally.com/_IMG/_STORY/2009_rally/_SMALL/part03_012.jpg

The town's emblem features a polar bear surmonted by northern lights and surrounded by a purple "C" letter ending in a whale's tail. The emblem highlights the main resources of the town, recalling that Churchill is the "Polar Bear Capital of the World".
Ivan Sache, 22 July 2012

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