Salt Spring Island Sailing Club (British Columbia, Canada) (original) (raw)

Salt Spring Island Sailing Club (British Columbia, Canada)

Estb: 1969. Location: 152 Douglas Road, Salt Spring Island, BC.
Burgee: Pennant circa 7:19 (web image). Blue field fimbriated yellow on three sides and superimposed by a yellow Indian elephant facing hoist.
"Why an elephant on a Sailing Club burgee? New members or visitors often ask this intriguing question. It came from the badge of HMS Ganges, a Royal Navy sailing ship which plied these waters in 1857-58, and the historical link HMS Ganges has with this area and our Club takes us into the archives of British naval history.�
Source: accessed 5 August 2018.
http://saltspringsailing.ca/about-sisc/club-regalia/
Peter Edwards, 5 August 2018

This burgee is not something trivial. Indeed: