Souris, Prince Edward Island (Canada)

Town of Souris

Last modified: 2023-09-02 by rob raeside
Keywords: prince edward island | souris | lighthouse | seagulls | clouds |
Links: FOTW homepage | search | disclaimer and copyright | write us | mirrors

• Souris
• Current Flag
  • Earlier version
  • Design
  • Symbolism
  • Selection
  • Designer

See also:

• Municipal Flags of Prince Edward Island
• Prince Edward Island
• Canada

Souris

Souris (2006 population: 1,232) is a Canadian port town in northeastern Kings County, Prince Edward Island. It is located in an area famous for its beaches and potatoes, containing the majority of Prince Edward Island's potato manufacturers. - Source: Wikipedia: Souris, Prince Edward Island.

Valentin Poposki, 3 February 2010

Current Flag

Photos of an alternate/revised version of this flag were posted by Luc Vartan Baronian in August 2023 in the FOTW group Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/flagsoftheworld/posts
Masao Okazaki, 11 August 2023

Earlier version

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.

Design

The flag of the Town of Souris has a blue field with the town emblem, nearly the full height of the flag, in the centre. The emblem comprises a shield with squared upper corners and a rounded base. It is edged in white and shows a stylized scene: to the left a red-roofed white lighthouse and adjacent building on a grassy cliff-top in green over bluffs of brown, a blue sea with white waves, and a blue sky with three flying seagulls and two clouds, all in white. All elements are outlined in black. The clouds are inscribed INC. and 1910, and curving below and attached to the shield is a white ribbon inscribed SOURIS, P.E.I., all in black sans-serif letters.
Rob Raeside, Canadian City Flags, Raven 18, 2011

Symbolism

The emblem depicts the Souris East Lighthouse, built in 1880 and long a symbol of the town and area. It stands 14.3 m above the cliff on Knight Point overlooking the Town of Souris, which was incorporated in 1910.
Rob Raeside, Canadian City Flags, Raven 18, 2011

Selection

Unknown.
Rob Raeside, Canadian City Flags, Raven 18, 2011 

Designer

Unknown.
Rob Raeside, Canadian City Flags, Raven 18, 2011