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Blazon

Azure, a pegasus rampant, bridled, crined and unguled or, the wings addorsed and inverted of the same, charged upon the shoulder with a fleur-de-lis of the field and holding between the forelegs an etoile gold.
(Glossary of Heraldic Terms)

Significance

The town of Shelburne in Nova Scotia was settled by United Empire Loyalists in 1783. With respect for the Shelburne family coat of arms, the present badge uses the pegasus and the polar star from this source.

Remarks

Shelburne was originally the Headquarters for the NOIC and associated Naval establishment located there between May 1942 and January 31, 1946. In April 1955 it became a joint RCN-USN oceanographic station. It was renamed after unification to CFS Shelburne.

Motto

"Serving in Silence"

Colours

White and blue

References

Badges Of The Canadian Navy by Arbuckle, J. Graeme. Halifax: Nimbus Publishing, 1987.