As noted by Ian Watson, Fifty years ago today, this great symbol was first unveiled and made official. Happy anniversary to the Maple Leaf.
A fiftieth anniversary seems a fitting time to look at Canada in the Whoniverse once more.
Noted commentator Derek lives in and blogs about the Mysteries Of Montreal, in a level of detail that you could set a game there (quite possibly a Call of Cthulhu game) as well as dropping in briefly. (Edit: a new post on the flag!)
Born and raised Canadian Siskoid has commented at length about representation of Canada in various settings, like national superheroes and teams.
Thoughts on a good moment in Canadian history for the TARDIS to visit?
how did I not know Derek had an RPG blog
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Lol, cos I kept it well hidden, at least until there was something of interest on it! ;)
DeleteI find it completely weird that the maple leaf flag is only 50 years old. I guess it's just one of those things you take for granted in Europe, that your flag's history is pretty old. I mean, 50 years isn't that much older than me, at least in flag years!
ReplyDeleteYeah - it makes me wonder what other countries would have as their flag if it had been designed in the era of advertising logos. Would we end up with a thistle in Scotland?
DeleteMaybe a thistle, but the Lion Rampant is already a very striking image, which of course it had to be to be visible on a battlefield. I guess Canada is just lucky that cooler heads prevailed, afterall, this was designed in the mid-sixties, imagine what could have been!
DeleteA quick Google finds there were some corkers: http://mentalfloss.com/article/50022/11-rejected-canadian-flag-designs
ReplyDeleteI love the three-headed goose!
DeleteWho wouldn't? Apart from the flag voting panel.
DeleteThanks for the shout-out, Craig. Canada... that place that's in the Commonwealth, yet neither the Doctor nor James Bond has ever officially visited.
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