This Plaque was erected in Wonnacott Park in Port Bruce during the summer of 2002. Special appreciation to the Port Bruce Garden Millennium Committee and the Community Fund Elgin-St.Thomas for taking the initiative and financing this project.
Township Seal
Arms-Quaterly
1st and 4th, Gu., three lions passant guardant in pale, or for ENGLAND; 2nd, Or, a lion rampant within a double tressure flory counter-flory, gu for SCOTLAND; and 3rd, Az., a harp or, stringed arg., for IRELAND; the whole encircled with the garder
1810 The Year the Township was surveyed
1815 the first appearance of Council in Malahide Township
1850 the Township incorporated under the Municipal Act
1998 Amalgamation of South Dorchester, Springfield, and Malahide
The above information was provided by Andy Van Kasteren, Mayor Township of Malahide, January 1998 to November 2000
Malahide Township Flag
The White Background represents Ontario's Flower the Trillium, the Border Outlined in Green, represents Agriculture, and the actual Land Mass (shape), the former Township of Malahide. The Castle is Malahide Castle, after which our Township was named by Colonel Thomas Talbot who was born there on the 17th of July, 1771, County Dublin, Ireland. The Castle was built in 1185, and the Talbot Family lived there until 1976 (791 years).
The flag was designed by Andy Van Kasteren, Mayor of Malahide, January 1998 to November 2000.
The Township Flag shows an outline of Malahide Castle, Dublin, Ireland. Please click the link below to see actual interior and exterior pictures of Malahide Castle as well as a brief history of the castle and the Talbot family. Malahide Castle
