Canadian tartans

[ccga3359]

Ensign of Ontario STA2032.

[ccga3359]

Alright then you proud Canadians help me out here. On the tartan maple leaf that is shown on the first post here, there is a "Loud MacLeod"(at about the 10 o'clock position) type tartan, what does that signify? Is there a full picture of it? Thank you.

Saskatchewan.

Registered with the Court of Lord Lyon King of Arms in 1961, the Saskatchewan District Tartan is a two-block tartan with seven different shades: gold to represent prairie wheat, brown for summerfallow, green for the forests, yellow for canola and sunflower, red for the western red lily, white for snow, and black for coal and oil.

Sincerly,

A proud Canadian.

[McMurdo]

Alright then you proud Canadians help me out here. On the tartan maple leaf that is shown on the first post here, there is a "Loud MacLeod"(at about the 10 o'clock position) type tartan, what does that signify? Is there a full picture of it? Thank you.

Jock I believe that is the Saskatchewan tartan. Here is a link to it where you can see it better:
http://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tar....aspx?ref=3656

As for me I'm fond of the Maple Leaf tartan

[Lallans]

'Eastern Townships' is another Canadian regional tartan, one that I fear may be lost even though the lady who developed it had it officially registered. It is, or was, quite a lovely subdued tartan with a lot of earth colours reflecting the natural ones found in the area.

The Eastern Townships are, or were, a traditional english-speaking stronghold inside the Province of Quebec, essentially the area east of Montreal that lies along the border with Vermont and New Hampshire, geographically a northern thrust of the Appalachians that was settled by Loyalists and British imports post-1783, with a large mixture of Scots and also Ulster Scots (Scots Irish) who drifted in from the USA in that frontier-making way they had, and some of whom I have the honour to be descended from. Anyone familiar with that tartan? While it was definately woven by a Scottish mill and in some quantity back in the 1960s era, I have never ever seen it made into a kilt.

[CMcG]

'Eastern Townships' is another Canadian regional tartan, one that I fear may be lost even though the lady who developed it had it officially registered. It is, or was, quite a lovely subdued tartan with a lot of earth colours reflecting the natural ones found in the area.

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Anyone familiar with that tartan? While it was definately woven by a Scottish mill and in some quantity back in the 1960s era, I have never ever seen it made into a kilt.

I did a quick search and came up with a reference to it but no image:

"The Eastern Township Tartan was created by Mr. Richard Allan of Kinnear's Mills. In 1974 he went to Scotland to have it recognized. He was the founder of the Megantic Historical Society and owner of the last steam saw mill of the county.

Inverness, as former chief town of Megantic County, is proud to acknowledge this Tartan. Its colours represent the beauty of the county's landscape: the sumptuous green of the hills, the icy-white of the snow, the rich brown of the earth, the deep red of the autumn leaves and the bright yellow of dandelions and buttercups."

You might try contacting the town of Inverness, Quebec:
http://www.municipaliteinverness.ca/

[KiltedKnome]

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[Jock Scot]

Thank you Grant. It may be my screen, or my eyes, or a combination of both, but I can see no white on my picture.

[CMcG]

Thank you Grant. It may be my screen, or my eyes, or a combination of both, but I can see no white on my picture.

I don't see the white in the above representation either...

Here is another image of the Saskatchewan tartan that shows the white more clearly:

[Jock Scot]

Phew! Thank you.

[CMcG]

Seeing as we already saw Saskatchewan above, I'm skipping it here. Just click on the images to go to the Scottish Register of Tartans page:

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