"Skerryvore is a small
community in Ontario, Canada located on the shores of Georgian Bay just south of
the community of Pointe-au-Baril Station. It is part of the township of The
Archipelago. There are approximately 125 cottages or homes located within the
community, which was named after a (long since demolished) vacation hotel
located in the area. The hotel was itself named after the Skerryvore lighthouse
in Scotland." Valentin Poposki, 2 June 2009
The flag of Skerryvore
was adopted through a contest held on 30 August 2008 during the 7th Annual Pig
Roast. Among more than 20 entries, Paul Kita's proposal was chosen by the
voters. The ranking was the following:
Turtle on red background by Paul Kita
Logo in setting sun and maple leaf by Bettina Ryder-Ball
Leaning tree on a rock island with maple leaf, trillium, Archipelago
sidebar by Diane Kilmer
Circle with canoe, tree and large S through by Don Buchan
Skerryvore road, trees, cottages by Josh Kelly – top children’s entry
(tied) Logo in setting sun by Bettina Ryder-Ball (tied) Fisherman on
dock by Quinn Swerynek – 2nd top children’s entry (tied) Heron at sunset
by Paul Kita
(tied) Lighthouse, hotel, logo, trillium by Tom Arnold (tied) Crest
and dragonfly by Anthony Kita (tied) Georgian Bay Islands by Diane Kilmer
(tied) Trees, island, shore by Bettina Ryder-Ball (tied) Flying heron,
island, sun by Don Hart
(tied) Leaning tree in sunset by Judy French (tied) Leaning tree in
red circle sun by Bettina Ryder-Ball (tied) Community Pride by Ted and
Christine Cowan
The website of the Skerruvore Ratepayers
Associations, maintained by Tom Arnold, shows the top five designs:
http://www.skerryvore.ca/events.htm.
![[Skerryvore, Ontario]](../images/c/ca-onskv.gif)
image by Ivan Sache, 3 June 2009 