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Bruce County

All pins donated by the municipality unless otherwise noted.

Bruce, County of

An oval lapel pin with a compass star between the coordinates 45 degrees north and 81.3 degrees west. Below this are the words Bruce County.

Bruce County and the Bruce Peninsula sit on was called Wendiaghy by the Huron and Sauking by the Ojibwa. European settlers called the area Bruce after James Bruce, the 8th Earl of Elgin and 12th Earl of Kincardine who was Governor of the Province of Canada from 1846 to 1854.

Bruce, County of (Canada 150)

A silver rectangular lapel pin reading Bruce 150

A Bruce County lapel pin designed for Canada's sesquicentennial (150 year) anniversary of Confederation.

Other Bruce Pins

An oval pin with a heritage lighthouse standing over a body of water that is lined with trees. A border has the words Bruce County Ontario's Natural Retreat.

Donated by Joe Tiernay

Donated by the municipality

Arran-Elderslie, Municipality of

A round lapel pin depicting a field of wheat between rolling hills. A bridge at the rear of the field leads to a city in the distance and the sun shines down on the scene. A white border around the top has the words The Corporation of the. A blue banner around the bottom has the words Municipality of Arran Elderslie.

A rectangular lapel pin depicting a 15' statue of a Hereford Steer beside the words Arran-Elderslie Home of Big Bruce.

The name Arran-Elderslie come from two pre-amalgamation municipalities. Arran was named for Scotland’s Isle of Arran which likely derives from Pre-Celtic words for ‘high place’ or ‘peaked island’. Elderslie is named for the Scottish Village of the same name and is derived from the Old English for ‘field of elder trees’.

Brockton, Municipality of

A round lapel pin with a scene of a large administrative building in behind a field with a hand plow. Beside the building is a hill with two pine trees. At the top is a banner with the name “Brockton”. At the bottom is the phrase “Established 1999”.

Brockton formed through the amalgamation of Brant, Greenock and Walkerton in 1999. The name is a portmanteau combining the “br” in Brant”, the “ock” in Greenock, and the “ton” in Walkerton”.

Donated by Spencer Sandor

Huron-Kinloss, Township of

A round lapel pin divided into two halves. The top shows a silhouette of a community against a bright yellow background. The bottom half has the words Huron-Kinloss in a banner over a blue background representing Lake Huron.

Huron Kinloss takes it’s name from two pre-amalgamation communities. Like the County of the same name, Huron Township comes from the name French settlers gave the Iroquoian Confederacy. Kinloss comes from one of the titles of James Bruce, Governor of Canada who was also Baron Bruce of Kinloss in Scotland.

Kincardine, Municipality of

A silver pin lapel pin with the words The Municipality of Kincardine surrounding three interlocking geometric figures shaped like sails.

Every year, Kincardine hosts a Scottish Festival and Highland Games. Pipe band parades are held throughout the summer.

Kilts are a common enough sight that their marketing slogan is "Pants Optional".

Northern Bruce Peninsula, Municipality of

Lapel pin showing the geographic outline of the northern portion of Bruce Peninsula surrounded by Lake Huron and Georgian Bay. At the bottom of the pin are the words Municipality of Northern Bruce Peninsula.

Northern Bruce Peninsula is the home of Canada's first National Marine Park: Fathom Five which has 18 shipwrecks which sunk between 1883 and 1999.

Saugeen Shores, Town of

A rectangular lapel pin with the name "Saugeen Shores" behind a row of shapes representing a coast, and in front of four rows of waves and a sunrise. To the left is a capital letter S.

Other Saugeen Shores Pins

Donated by Susan Gardner

An oval lapel pin with the words Saugeen Shores on top of two lines representing waves. Seagulls fly over the name.

Donated by the municipality

Saugeen Shores has several annual events and festivals. One of the largest is Pumpkinfest.

Events include a giant pumpkin growing contest, pumpkin carving, and a seed spitting contest featuring local VIPs.

South Bruce Peninsula, Town of

An oval lapel pin with the words Town of South Bruce Peninsula around the edge and a silhouette of a waterfowl standing at the edge of a body of water behind a cattail plant.

Let's look past the obvious "home of Wiarton Willy" and instead talk about biodiversity

The 4km Rural Rocks trail just outside of Wiarton showcases almost every ecological feature from across the entire Bruce Trail.

South Bruce, Municipality of

The community of Teeswater in South Bruce has a historic town hall that was built in 1869.

The hall is "still standing" and was even featured on the CBC show of the same name. It now serves as a community centre that is even available to book for events.

Former Municipalities

A round lapel pin with a flag divided into five sections in the centre. Each corner of the flag forms a section with a green background and at the centre is a square diamond with a white background which forms the fifth section. In the upper left corner is a plant. In the upper right corner is a candlestick phone. In the bottom left corner is an atom. In the bottom right corner are three livestock animals. In the centre is a gavel crossed over a plow. Around the border of the pin are the words Township of Bruce.

Bruce, Township of

The former Township of Bruce which is now part of Kincardine.

Donated by Joe Tiernay

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