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Eugene IpavecSee also:
Thompson is
the largest city in northern Manitoba, approximately 800 km north of Winnipeg
and known as “The Hub of the North”. It was created on 3 December 1956 through
an agreement between INCO and the province of Manitoba. In 1967, during
Canada’s centennial, Thompson was incorporated as a city, hence the motto,
“The Centennial City”.
Jim Croft, Canadian City Flags,
Raven 18,
2011
Text and image(s) from Canadian City Flags, Raven 18 (2011), courtesy of the North American Vexillological Association, which retains copyright. Image(s) by permission of Eugene Ipavec.
The flag of the City of Thompson has a light blue field with a seal
in its centre, three-fourths the height of the flag. The seal is a light blue disc
surrounded by a yellow ring, bordered inside and outside in black. On the
ring is CITY OF THOMPSON around its top and THE CENTENNIAL
CITY around its base, in black sans-serif letters. In the upper part of the
disc is an abstract object in yellow, with a yellow dot at the centre top. At the
base is a silhouette of a line of evergreen trees and to the right some building
structures, including a mining head frame, all in black.
Jim Croft, Canadian City Flags,
Raven 18,
2011
The seal shows a northern landscape at night. The bands of yellow in the sky
depict the northern lights or aurora borealis, representing the North, as it
occurs in the very northern latitudes. The dot signifies Polaris, the North
Star. The black forested silhouette, at the base of the seal, is for the forests
in the area, while the mining head frame represents International Nickel Company
of Canada (INCO), the mining company which built a large mine and smelting
operation here.
Jim Croft, Canadian City Flags,
Raven 18,
2011
Unknown. The seal was designed by Ms. Linda Mullin in a
contest in the early 1970s.
Jim Croft, Canadian City Flags,
Raven 18,
2011
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