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Duke of Kent who was Prince Edward and father of Queen Victoria. ' He was interested, too, in the Island's coat of arms; 5 Saplings nestling in the shelter of a great and aged oak. This cost of arms was designed in 1769, when

St° John was made a separate colony, and legend says it was the idea:of King George the Third, whose thought it was that the large oak should represent Great Britain and the 5 saplings to be the 5 counties of Prince Edward Island.

The Ottawa Journal