ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Both Robert Watt, Chief Herald of Canada Emeritus, and Dr. Claire Boudreau, the present Chief Herald, have read the original manuscript and made many useful observations from which I have reworked and refined some aspects of the first draft. The remarks of Dr. Augustinus P. Dierick, a scholar in his own right with no familiarity with the field, have been most helpful and have allowed me to test the general interest of this work as a guide to a little explored frontier of knowledge. My wife, Paula Gornescu-Vachon, to whom these pages are dedicated, is a museologist by profession. Her special insights, constant help and encouragements have been invaluable throughout the entire exercise.
Illustrations from Beddoe’s Canadian Heraldry and from Heraldry in Canada are reproduced with the generous permission of the Heraldry Society of Canada given by its former president David M. Cvet. I am also indebted to the talented artist Gordon Macpherson who graciously allowed me to reproduce some of his bookplates.
Illustrations from Beddoe’s Canadian Heraldry and from Heraldry in Canada are reproduced with the generous permission of the Heraldry Society of Canada given by its former president David M. Cvet. I am also indebted to the talented artist Gordon Macpherson who graciously allowed me to reproduce some of his bookplates.