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Northwest Territories - Proposals from 1969 (Canada)

Red ensign proposal
John Glassco proposal

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Red ensign proposal

image by Clay Moss, 13 August 2009

I recently acquired a British red ensign illustrated here. It is 45x90 inches, 70 denier Canadian type nylon and was made by Scythes. Rob Raeside and I have corresponded about this flag and reckon that it might have been made up as one of the 4000 plus proposals for a NWT flag during the territory's flag contest. If anyone could shed more light on the subject, we would be interested in hearing from you.
Clay Moss, 13 August 2009

John Glassco proposal

image by John Glassco, 15 October 2026

This proposal was submitted to the NWT Flag Committee in late 1968.
Layout: A clean, counter-changed horizontal bicolor split layout featuring a prominent circle.
Symmetry & Elements: Unlike the later Flag of Greenland (which utilizes a similar framework but shifts the disk to the hoist and places the dark band at the base), my design was engineered with perfect vertical and horizontal symmetry. It features a solid bright magenta (possibly more blue) top half representing the sky, a white bottom half representing the ice, and a centered counter-changed disk symbolizing the high midnight sun resting over the horizon.
John Glassco, 15 October 2026