Canadian tartans

[NewGuise]

(I believe we have a UofA prof amongst the rabble, I hope he's reading this!)

(Of course he is! And he has posted a picture of a dress in this same tartan in an earlier thread started by CDNSushi.)

[fluter]

If anyone does not yet know about Matt Newsome's excellent District Tartans Web site, please check it out. You may find a few more tartans under Tartan Finder> Canadian.

Alas, I don't see an Eastern Townships, nor did I find it in a couple of other tartan listings.

[Manitoban Keith]

actually one of the next kilts i will get will be in Brandon of Manitoba tartan, the city i've lived in for the past several years

[ccga3359]

If anyone does not yet know about Matt Newsome's excellent District Tartans Web site, please check it out. You may find a few more tartans under Tartan Finder> Canadian.

Alas, I don't see an Eastern Townships, nor did I find it in a couple of other tartan listings.

Thanks for the link. Alas the Ontario shown is that of Ensign of and not the Official tartan. Probably only important to me.

[CMcG]

(Of course he is! And he has posted a picture of a dress in this same tartan in an earlier thread started by CDNSushi.)

I'm reposting that pic here because I've been having a hard time finding any Canadian tartan (except Maple Leaf) in a kilt! NewGuise mentioned in the other thread that he might be more inclined to get a tie in the UofA tartan... let's open this up: does anyone have photographs of anything (kilt, trews, tie, scarf, doily, etc) in a Canadian tartan?

[ccga3359]

let's open this up: does anyone have photographs of anything (kilt, trews, tie, scarf, doily, etc) in a Canadian tartan?

Soon, very soon I'll have a kilt in Official Ontario which since I had to have it custom woven might be the only kilt in this tartan. I'm sure some of the BC rabble have kilts in their provincial tartan, and I sure there's more than a few in Nova Scotia. Bear Kilts of BC, I believe sold kilts in provincial tartans. Burnett's & Struth has offered provincial tartans in the past. A quick check of their online inventory lists BC and Maple Leaf 16oz casuals availiable.

[McMurdo]

Here is a picture of my friend Francois in a kilt in the Quebec Tartan that he made himself.

[ccga3359]

Here is a picture of my friend Francois in a kilt in the Quebec Tartan that he made himself.

I never liked the computer generated graphic of the Quebec tartan but I really do like the actual kilt now that I've seen it.

[CMcG]

I never liked the computer generated graphic of the Quebec tartan but I really do like the actual kilt now that I've seen it.

Ya, the computer generated graphics can't account for the magical interaction of dyes, fabric, light, and pleats!

Here's some real photos I found:

Victoria, City of Gardens tartan. Worn by the Mayor of Victoria and designed by our forum owner Steve Ashton:



Hudson's Bay Company tartan worn by BrukeK:


B.C. tartan worn by StoneCold:


Town of Kincardine, Ontario tartan:



Nova Scotia tartan:


Royal Canadian Airforce (R.C.A.F.):


Saskatchewan as worn by the Sasketoon Boys Pipe Band:


Manitoba and Manitoba Dress:

[NewGuise]

I am quite fond of the Alberta Provincial tartan, although its small sett makes it relatively unsuitable for a 4-yard box pleat (Slohairt and I have gone over all the possible variations), which - in addition to requiring a custom weave for a heavyweight tartan - is why my next kilt will be something else. But one private school here in Edmonton allows the tartan as part of its school uniform, including kilted skirts for the younger girls (only), and other accessories as pictured here: