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| Use | Other  |
|---|---|
| Proportion | 1:2 |
| Adopted | Re-created 1988 |
| Design | A Blue Ensign with the badge of the Colony of Vancouver Island on a white disk on the fly. |
The flag of Vancouver Island is a defaced Blue Ensign with the Union Flag in the canton and the badge of the colony of Vancouver Island on a white disk on the fly. The design of this flag is based on the rules set out by the Admiralty for colonial flags in 1865, and on elements from the great seal of the colony of Vancouver Island, established in 1849.[1] However the flag itself likely never existed during this period; rather Michael Halleran re-designed it in 1988 as an unofficial local flag for Vancouver Island (now part of British Columbia, Canada).[2]
- ^ Swann, Conrad. "Chapter I, Arms of dominion and sovereignty and public authority". Canada Symbols of Sovereignty: An investigation of the arms and seals borne from the earliest times to the present in connection with public authority in and over Canada. along with consideration of some connected flags. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
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"The Flags of Canada by Alistair B. Fraser". Retrieved November 26, 2011.
An informal flag representing a region is that of Vancouver Island, suggested in 1988 by Victoria resident, Michael Halleran. He noted that in 1865 permission was given for colonies to place their badges upon the fly of a blue ensign. There is no evidence that the colony of Vancouver Island did so at the time, and only a year later, it lost its separate identity upon merger with the colony of British Columbia. However, using elements from the great seal of the colony, Halleran created a Vancouver Island badge and then its flag as he placed the badge on a blue ensign.