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..M,,..;........a.."...mamm.,....mm......-._"flaw..."..'.,mm..,..m Wm WM "' ' . Bruce County Tartan _ _ ....w.-.w _ v. '. i i _ Red, yellow, green, white, and deep blue, all make s', r i I up the family colours of James Bruce Earl of Elgin, and . _ . . _ Kincardine. These colours also make up the Bruce County _ , _ ateHH"r Tartan. The Tartan is plaid with the above colours. Each of "WWW ;' these colours represents some aspect of Bruce County. Such _ as the blue represents the great waters as well as the white; § _ _ _ the green represents the crops and agriculture, the red . i i represents the Canadian maple leaf, the yellow, or gold, or . i g L 3 copper represents the original settlers and natives. i ;", T '. "M"O"V In 1963, the women's institute was responsible for A-,,, _',' (, getting the tartan underway. The tartan is the Bruce Clans, ":,'r t . however it is in different colours. In April 1964, Lord Bruce, '; _ son of the Earl of Elgin sent a letter and a sample of a tartan '. _ stating that if = wished to use the Bruce Clan tartan they i' y . _ may. The sample tartan that was sent along with the letter .,' _ was one for Bruce County that was hand woven on the AVbu'.sr __. I "mm" advice of Lord Lyon, and approved © the Earl of Elgin. The ' i j F I pattern (if they chose to use I would be exclusively _ v':' l _ granted. Lord Lyon suggested a deep blue on either sides of _ r _ ', ' , _ the white, thus being a distinguishing change from the _ - _:' , Z _ Bruce Clans tartan. Bruce County also needed a coat of arms, , _ '. V V to be recorded at her majesties registry house in Edinburgh l c. _ _ , Scotland. Lord Lyon designed this. The dedication of the i'm'" , . "ttttttttti tartan took place in Southampton's Jubilee Park on July M, "i, , ' l / l 1965. a l _ g ',) '(, The Bruce County tartan was registered by Lord E . Lyon, king at arms, at her 2itittglltlE registry house in E _ . _ Edinburgh, Scotland. At this time there were = four other l authentic tartans registered in Canada. They were in Nova l I "i _ _ Scotia, New Brunswick, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan. So in é : " (e"" the words of the Women's 'mmm "wear the Bruce County P, shAss I :- titi'nw tartan with pride. It is our own with a great future ahead." i . i 3 A _ 'it _ I ' l v l t t t. _ _ -» _ y , I' ' a ' V