Image:Brossard quebec coat of arms.gif

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Non-free / fair use media rationale for Brossard, Quebec
Description	Coat of arms of Brossard, Quebec, Canada.
Source	Previously available on official City of Brossard website. [1] Published on Mad Alchemist's Heraldry website [2] (Archived version [3]). This website has a copy of this image and sources it to the same, now (2008-01-02) non-existent Brossard website.
Article	Brossard, Quebec
Portion used	The entire work is being used. The entire work must be used since a fraction of the image can not possibly illustrate the whole coat of arms.
Low resolution?	Yes (144×183)
Purpose of use	To serve as a primary means of visual identification for the City of Brossard just like the logo. To illustrate the elements visible in the coat of arms that are explained by the history of the City of Brossard.
Replaceable?	No, but a free SVG version could be made based on this non-free image.

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