Canadian Forces Base Shearwater, Canada

CANADIAN FORCES BASE SHEARWATER, CANADA

Official blazon

Azure, in base two barrulets wavy argent, above which a shearwater volant proper.

Origin/meaning

The device and motto are derived from the former HMCS Shearwater badge. The establishment (named for HMC Sloop Shearwater 1915-19) is the Royal Canadian Navy Air Station at Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. Following Royal Navy precedent, it bears the name of a water bird and the badge, appropriatley enough, shows the bird flying over the sea.

The Motto translates as "We fly over the sea".