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Tartan Details - Nova Scotia (Province)

The information held within The Scottish Register of Tartans for the "Nova Scotia (Province)" tartan is shown below. 

STA ref: 1713
STWR ref: 1713
Designer: Murray, Mrs Douglas (Bessie)
Tartan date: 01/01/1953
Registration date: This tartan was recorded prior to the launch of The Scottish Register of Tartans.
Category: District
Restrictions:
Registration notes: The Atlantic province of Nova Scotia, New Scotland, was first mentioned in 1621 on a land charter. This is the oldest Provincial tartan in Canada and was designed in 1953 almost by accident. Mrs Bessie Murray was President of the Halifax Weavers' Guild and designed a trade display on sheep rearing. In it, a shepherd wore a tartan and to avoid showing favouritism she designed a completely new one that proved to be so popular that in 1963 it was adopted as the official provincial tartan. The colours represent the blue of the sea and sky; the dark and light greens of the evergreens and deciduous trees; the white of the rocks and coastline surf; the gold of Nova Scotia's Royal Charter and the red from the lion rampant on the Province's crest. From a specimen supplied by Tartan House Ltd, Halifax, NS at the request of the Dept of Trade and Industry Halifax, NS. Recorded in Lord Lyon Book - LCB 5 on 1st March 1956. Lyon count: R2 Y4 DG16 LG8 DG4 LG4 DG4 B40 W4.
Woven Sample: A woven sample of this tartan has been received by the Scottish Register of Tartans for permanent preservation in the National Records of Scotland.
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Where tartans were recorded before the establishment of the Scottish Register of Tartans (SRT) on 5 February 2009, the original Scottish Tartans Authority (STA) and the Scottish Tartans World Register (STWR) reference numbers have been retained. The new SRT reference number can be found in the address box on your browser (url).

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