Advice on District Tartans

[macwilkin]

Matt, I've been eyeing your Compendium of District Tartans for a while. I guess I need to oil the hinges on my wallet and buy it.

This one has gotten interesting. I went to the Ontario Government website (thanks for the tip Todd) and sure enough the Official Ontario tartan is shown and is the one I referenced in the article link in my first post.

Glad to be of service, sir! :mrgreen: Gi'eussome updates as to the continuing saga of the Ontario tartan!

I'm like you; I need to find the crowbar to open my wallet! ;)

Cheers,

Todd

[mkmound]

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I'm like you; I need to find the crowbar to open my wallet! ;)

Cheers,

Todd

Warning!! Beverage alert! Swallow before proceeding! ;)

Story I saw somewhere, attributed to Reader's Digest . . . supposedly a true story . . .

Remember when velcro was new (patented 1955)?

Well, not too long after it began to be used in common articles, like wallets, two American ladies were traveling Scotland. They had just finished touring a castle, and were purchasing souvenirs in the gift shop.

One lady pulled out her wallet, which had a velcro closure. As she opened it to take out her money, it made the characteristic velcro sound.

The laird, who was tending the cash register that afternoon, got a surprised and excited look on his face. He exclaimed gleefully, "Wonderful!! They've finally invented a wallet that screams when you open it!!!"

Cheers,
Mark

[Tiran]

There is also this link to the Gov't of Canada site that has all the official provincial (and couple not official) tartans, in a very interesting display.

http://www.pch.gc.ca/progs/cpsc-ccsp/sc-cs/o6_e.cfm

I can't say I am fond of the Alberta one, and the dress version of it is awful.

According to this site the only ones that arent official are Quebec, Newfoundland, Yukon and the one called Maple Leaf, which is I think often called the Canadian tartan.

Oh and Nunuvat doen't have one yet.

[jfellrath]

Oh and Nunuvat doen't have one yet.

Perhaps one has been offered, but the citizens of the province simply decided they're having Nunavat.

I apologize in advance. ;)

[starbkjrus]

And the mystery deepens. The Canadian Heritage website provided by Tiran above shows a different official Ontario tartan than Ontario's Provincial website. The tartan shown on the Canadian Heritage website is indeed the one that Fraser and Kirkbright and District-Tartans.com shows.

Now I'm even more interested in the answer that comes back from the gentleman at The Scottish Weaver.

[starbkjrus]

Well so far there is no update on the Ontario tartan......BUT...... :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

I received an email from Matt Newsome this morning that the cloth for my Four-Yard-Box-Pleated-Custom-Made-Hand-Sewn-Carolina-District-Tartan kilt has arrived from the weaver. WhooooooHOOOOOOOO!! (Can you tell I'm excited??)

Like I told Matt -- Shifting into HIGH Jones Mode.

[CaberDave]

Try www.district-tartans.com . They list an Ontario tartan from 1965.

Hope this may help.