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| | official_name = Gateway
| | | Name = Surrow |
| | other_name = Ussiteshiuakamau ({{wp|Innu-aimun|Chequan}})
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| | motto = {{nowrap|''Gateway to the World''}}
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| | settlement_type = City
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| | subdivision_type = [[Wikipedia:Country|Country]]
| | | Adoption = 1916 |
| | subdivision_type1 = [[Administrative divisions of Surrow|County]]
| | | Design = A centred white [[Tyrnican cross]] on a Rythenean green field with the {{wp|Big Dipper}} on the canton |
| | subdivision_name = {{flag|Surrow}}
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| | subdivision_name1 = [[Tuckamore County]]
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| | established_title = Founded
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| | established_date = 1843
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| | established_title2 = Incorporated
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| | established_date2 = 1949
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| | leader_title = Mayor
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| | leader_name = [[Jasmine Block]]
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| | population_rank = 3rd in Surrow
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| '''Gateway''' ({{wp|Innu-aimun|Chequan}}: ''Ussiteshiuakamau'') is the third-largest city of [[Surrow]], the second-largest city on [[Holcot Island]], and the largest city in [[Tuckamore County]]. (TBC)
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| ==Etymology==
| | The '''flag of [[Surrow]]''' is the {{wp|national flag}} of Surrow. Designed in 1891 by [[Ervin Suchet]], it was adopted in 1916 after Surrow gained full {{wp|self-government}} from [[Rythene]] by the [[Parliament of Surrow|Surrowese Parliament]] the previous year over the [[#Red ensign|red ensign]] previously used until 1916, or [[Joerg Angstroem]]'s [[#Surrowese Tricolor|tricolor]], and retained its status as Surrow's flag after its independence from Rythene in 1950. |
| The name '''Gateway''' derives from the city being home to [[Surrow International Airport]], which was built during the [[Second Great War (Levilion)|Second Great War]], and function as Surrow's primary {{wp|international airport}}. | |
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| Until 1943, Gateway was known as '''Odvarsson House''', named after [[Odvarsson House]], which was named after its builder, [[Rolf Odvarsson]], who built it on the shores of [[Tern Lake]] to serve as a {{wp|health resort}}.
| | ==Design== |
| | The flag is comprised of a centred white [[Tyrnican cross]] on a Rythenean green field, with the {{wp|Big Dipper}} on the canton. |
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| The {{wp|Innu-aimun|Chequan}} name for Gateway is '''Ussiteshiuakamau''', meaning ''a lake covered with water lily leaves''. This name is the Chequan name for Tern Lake, whose northern shore is home to Gateway, and the name has since been applied to the settlement that arose along the lake by Chequan speakers.
| | When the flag was designed by [[Ervin Suchet]] in 1891, the flag was made similar to the [[Flag of Rythene|Rythenean flag]] of that time, with Suchet declaring in a pamphlet which saw the flag be distributed that the green was to "symbolise our islands' indisputable Rythenean heritage," white "for the purity of the souls who inhabit this far northern land," the cross representing both "the [[Perendism#Symbols|Sword of Perende]] spreading civilisation" to the [[Native Surrowese]] and Surrow's "indisputable Rythenean heritage," and the Big Dipper "representing our land being the closest to the {{wp|North Pole}}." Suchet did not include any red in the flag design as he claimed that "no Surrowese blood has ever been spilled in any war." |
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| ==History==
| | However, per the [[Constitution of Surrow]], the green is meant to symbolise Surrow's {{wp|krummholz|tuckamore}} forests that cover much of [[Holcot Island]], the white is meant to symbolise the long winters that Surrow experiences, the cross is meant to symbolise Surrow's democratic traditions, and the Big Dipper is meant to represent Surrow's geographic position as the northernmost nation of [[Maurceania Major]]. |
| ===Prehistory and early history===
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| [[File:Newfoundland_in_1911,_being_the_coronation_year_of_King_George_V._and_the_opening_of_the_second_decade_of_the_twentieth_century_(1911)_(14780178554).jpg|250px|thumb|left|View of Odvarsson House, 1911]] | |
| The site of Gateway was traditionally inhabited by [[Native Surrowese]], with the first evidence of human habitation dating back to around 2,500 years {{wp|before present}} by the {{wp|Pre-Dorset culture|Pre-Armin culture}}, with Pre-Armin artefacts found as late as the third century BCE. This was followed by the {{wp|Dorset culture|Armin culture}}, who inhabited present-day Gateway from between 500 BCE and 500-600 AD, when the {{wp|Thule people|Proto-Itchalnu}} inhabited the area, inhabiting the area until around 1300-1330 when the {{wp|Innu people|Chequan}} arrived onto [[Holcot Island]] and expanded up the island. Due to its location near the [[Tapishko Pass]], the area around present-day Gateway has long been the site of a trail linking present-day [[Tern Harbour]] with [[Gisborne Reed]].
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| The first Auressian settlement in present-day Gateway was in 1679, when [[Elcid Barrett]] built a {{wp|log cabin}} next to Tern Lake. Due to its location along the trail between Tern Harbour and Gisborne Reed, Barrett's cabin functioned as a {{wp|bothy|shelter}} for travellers travelling between the western and eastern coast of Holcot Island. However, Barrett's son abandoned the cabin in 1701, as the land was "not suitable for any human habitation," and by the 1760s, in the aftermath of the [[Eleven Years' War (Levilion)|Eleven Years' War]], a traveler noted that Barrett's cabin was "in poor condition but still used by people travelling westwards or eastwards, as it is virtually suicide for anyone to dare to circumnavigate the island by sea." | | ==Historic flags== |
| | ===Red ensign=== |
| | [[File:Surrowese_red_ensign.png|250px|thumb|left|Red ensign]] |
| | The first Surrowese flag was adopted in 1859, when the Rythenean government granted the Colony of Surrow the right to have its own {{wp|civil ensign}} to be used by Surrowese civilian boats. The Surrowese red ensign is comprised of the Rythenean {{wp|red ensign}}, with the Rythenean flag in the canton, and the [[Coat of arms of Surrow|colonial seal]], comprised of the shield of the [[Coat of arms of Surrow|Surrowese coat of arms]] surrounded by the text "Colony of the Surrow Islands" on a white disk in the fly half. |
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| In 1843, [[Rolf Odvarsson]] from Tern Harbour secured title of the area around Barrett's abandoned cabin, demolished it, and built a {{wp|health resort}} in its place to "ground the body and soul so that it may heal any ailments and ensure that their souls may be able to reach the fields." Odvarsson's resort, known as Odvarsson House became a success, particularly in Tern Harbour, but also elsewhere, as its location "in the forests of {{wp|krummholz|tuckamore}} next to fresh water, with a very cool climate and away from the heavy air" was believed to be conducive to the health of its patients.
| | The red ensign became associated with the Surrowese colonial government, and in 1866, the red ensign was declared by the Surrowese colonial government to be its {{wp|state ensign}}, allowing ships owned by the Surrowese government to use the red ensign. From the 1870s onward, the Surrowese red ensign was increasingly used on land by both the colonial government and by Surrowese civilians, and in 1886, the colonial government officially adopted the Surrowese red ensign as its official flag, "to be used in all circumstances where a local flag is deemed neccessary," although the Rythenean flag remained a co-official flag of Surrow. By the 1890s, the Surrowese red ensign became the only flag regularly flown at government buildings, with the Rythenean flag being consigned to military bases or at [[Government House, Holcot Inlet|Government Inlet]]. |
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| By 1850, Odvarsson House reached a summer population of around 300 population, and a permanent year-round population of 30 people, most of whom were responsible for maintaining Odvarsson House itself and its associated amenities, although some of Odvarsson House's year-round population were "people of very fragile constitution who must stay at Odvarsson House." Its population would remain stable, although its economic importance grew as the trail between Tern Harbour and Gisborne Reed became a proper road and a {{wp|coaching inn}} was established to take advantage of the cross-island traffic.
| | However, the Surrowese red ensign faced competition from both Suchet's flag and the Surrowese tricolor, leading to the Surrowese red ensign declining in popularity until it was replaced in 1916 with Suchet's flag design. The red ensign remained in use as a civil ensign until 1950, but by then, the red ensign has fallen into "virtually complete disuse" in favor of the Surrowese national flag. |
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| Odvarsson House continued to operate as a health resort until the early twentieth century when it started facing financial difficulty, both due to a renovation to expand it in 1884 under Rolf's son, [[Niels Odvarsson]], a sluggish economy after the [[Great Fire of 1886 (Holcot Inlet)|Great Fire of 1886]] in [[Holcot Inlet]], and advances in medicine which led to a decline in its clientele, and to a declining summer population: by 1901, its year-round population was 34 people, but the census noted during the summer, its population was "around two hundred to two hundred fifty people". With the outbreak of the [[First Great War (Levilion)|First Great War]] in 1908, Odvarsson House was converted the following year into a coaching inn, which put the nearby coaching inn out of business. However, Odvarsson House did not make as much money as a coaching inn than it did as a health resort, and Odvarsson House closed permanently in 1912.
| | ===Surrowese Tricolor=== |
| | [[File:Surrowese_Tricolour.png|250px|thumb|right|Surrowese Tricolor]] |
| | In 1887, [[Joerg Angstroem]] designed a green-white-blue {{wp|tricolor}} for the [[Fishermen's Protective Union (Surrow)|Fishermen's Protective Union]] as a party flag. According to Angstroem, green was meant to represent the Rythenean population, white was meant to represent Surrow's long winters, and blue was meant to represent the Tyrnican population, with Angstroem seeing the [[#Red ensign|red ensign]] used by the Surrowese government at the time as being "too Rythenean to be accepted by a sizable portion of the Surrowese population." |
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| This led to a significant population decline: by the 1921 census, its permanent population fell to only 8 people, with most of them "working at a {{wp|roadhouse (premises)|roadhouse}}" that was set up at the coaching house that was closed in 1909, and [[Prime Minister of Surrow|Prime Minister]] [[Clarence Bradley]] wrote in 1927 about a trip to Odvarsson House that:
| | Angstroem's flag became popular, with the flag being extensively promoted by the Fishermen's Protective Union throughout the late 1880s and early 1890s. By the mid-1890s, the Surrowese Tricolor became a popular flag, especially among Surrow's Tyrnican population. However, its rise in popularity among the Surrowese Tyrnican population led to a decline in the flag's popularity among Surrow's Rythenean population, especially in the context of the then-ongoing [[Surrowese language question]], with ethnic Rytheneans trending towards flying the red ensign, or towards Suchet's flag. This led to the Fishermen's Protective Union changing its flag in 1896 from the tricolor to a blue banner with a white fish. |
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| <blockquote>"''If I had not known about the Odvarsson's once-grand health resort along the shores of Tern Lake, and if I had not known of it in its glory days, I would have believed, with all my heart, that Odvarsson House was completely unchanged since Elcid Barrett built his cabin centuries ago to serve as a mere shelter for travelers venturing across the island from Tern Harbour in the east to Gisborne Reed in the west''."</blockquote>
| | With the outbreak of the [[First Great War (Levilion)|First Great War]] in 1908, the colonial government banned the Surrowese tricolor as the colonial government feared that the flag could be used by "traitors who seek to bring Surrow back under the Tyrnican yoke." Although the flag was relegalized in 1913 after Tyrnica negotiated a separate peace with the Coalition, high levels of anti-Tyrnicanism at the time meant that the Surrowese Tricolor was not adopted by the Surrowese government in 1916, and the flag largely fell into disuse until the mid-1940s, when the [[Independence League (Surrow)|Independence League]] adopted the flag and used it to promote Surrowese independence, with leader [[Todd Lester]] proposing that the flag be adopted as the flag of an "independent Surrow." |
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| | However, [[Ted Fisher]]'s decision to keep the current Surrowese flag led to the Surrowese Tricolor falling back into disuse. The Surrowese Tricolor would only see a revival in the mid-1980s, with [[Deacon Parker]]'s administration encouraging its use as a "secondary Surrowese flag," with a particular focus on touristic areas. Since then, the Surrowese Tricolor has become more popular, particularly in and around [[Holcot Inlet]] and [[Tern Harbour]]. |
| [[File:Lockheed_Hudson_-_Gander_-_Royal_Air_Force_Ferry_Command,_1941-1943._C2141.jpg|250px|thumb|right|View of airplanes at Odvarsson Air Base, 1941]] | |
| Odvarsson House's population would begin growing with the outbreak of the Second Great War in 1935, as [[Albrennia]] and [[Rythene]] determined that its location in the middle of Great Island away from major population centres made it a suitable site for an {{wp|air base}}. This led to the construction of an airfield four kilometers east-southeast of the original settlement, and to the construction of a {{wp|work camp}} that would form the nucleus of the modern urban centre. By 1941, Odvarsson Air Base was opened for military use, and the population of Odvarsson House was measured to be at 919 people, making it the third-largest urban centre in the colony after Holcot Inlet and Tulaktarvik.
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| With the end of the Second Great War in 1943, the airfield was initially retained for military use, but due to a lack of military threats in the area, Odvarsson Air Base closed in 1948, and the Surrowese government took ownership of Odvarsson Air Base, with the Surrowese government designating it as [[Surrow International Airport|Odvarsson Airport]].
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| | Below are a list of flags used by the Surrowese government in the modern day. |
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| The following year, Odvarsson House was officially incorporated as a town, and was renamed to Gateway, as the Surrowese government envisaged that Surrow's primary airport would be at Odvarsson Airport. By 1951, Gateway became the third-largest town in Surrow, with a population of 4,017 people, slightly behind the second-largest city of Tern Harbour.
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| In 1954, the Surrowese government officially began the [[NorthAir|Surrowese Civil Aviation Service]] out of Odvarsson Airport, which they renamed to [[Surrow International Airport]]. As an international airport, it began offering flights by X air to Y, which led to an economic boom for the town, both because tourists were spending money in the town, and because of the jobs being made by the airport and by the airlines. Thus, by 1961, Gateway's population had risen to 9,749 people, making it the second largest settlement in Surrow, between Holcot Inlet and [[Tulaktarvik]], and the following year, Gateway was officially incorporated as a city.
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| During the 1960s, the Surrowese Civil Aviation Service's decision to start international flights increased passenger traffic even further to Surrow, which continued Gateway's economic boom as more jobs were created by the SCAS, the airport, and by the growing tourist sector. By 1971, although Gateway fell back to third-place behind Holcot Inlet and Tulaktarvik, its population rose to 12,301 people.
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| In 1975, the Surrowese Civil Aviation Service renamed itself to [[NorthAir]], with the newly-renamed NorthAir greatly expanding its route network, which helped fuel Gateway's economic growth. However, its population growth began to slow as most people who previously lived in the {{wp|Newfoundland outports|outports}} and moved elsewhere have already moved, and younger people who grew up in Gateway began leaving for Holcot Inlet, Tulaktarvik, or other countries such as Albrennia due to a lack of opportunities in Gateway. By 1981, Gateway's population peaked at 15,051 people.
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| Since the 1980s, Gateway has begun to diversify its economy. Due to its position as the third-largest city in Surrow, government offices have been opening up in order to serve the northern portion of Holcot Island, which has created some economic opportunities. In 1986, [[President of Surrow|President]] [[Deacon Parker]] announced plans to open a {{wp|polytechnic}} in Gateway, but the plans were cancelled following his death in 1987 and his replacement by [[Michael Chambers]].
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| In 1991, Gateway's population fell for the first time in nearly a century, falling to 14,863 people in the census. In 1993, Chambers proposed abolishing the [[Administrative divisions of Surrow|counties and districts of Surrow]] and making Gateway the seat of the Central Region, which would have covered most of northern Holcot Island. Although this was received positively by many people in Gateway, as it would help diversify their economy and provide more economic opportunities to the city, the proposed reforms were cancelled.
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| In 2001, Gateway's population was measured to be at 13,754 people. In 2003, a {{wp|Golf club (establishment)|golf course}} was opened along the shores of Tern Lake in an effort to encourage increased tourism to Gateway, and in 2005, a new {{wp|business park}} was opened northwest of the airport. However, these projects failed to halt Gateway's population decline, with the population falling to 12,795 people in the 2011 census.
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| ==Geography==
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| [[File:Cobb's_Pond_-_Gander,_Newfoundland_2019-08-21_(02).jpg|300px|thumb|left|View of [[Tern Lake]], 2019]]
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| Gateway is situated on the northern shore of [[Tern Lake]] and is bordered to the west by the [[Hachshu Stream]] that flows into Tern Lake, whose outlet is the [[Tern River]]. It is located to the southeast of the [[Elser Hills]], which can be seen from inside the city.
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| Gateway is located in a {{wp|krummholz|tuckamore}} forest that covers much of the eponymous [[Tuckamore County]], and has very rocky terrain, making it unsuitable for growing crops. Due to its geography and the presence of {{wp|discontinuous permafrost}} in the northwestern areas of Gateway, it has led to some difficulties in constructing infrastructure and buildings in Gateway.
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| Due to its location above the {{wp|Arctic Circle|Breuvician Circle}}, Gateway experiences the {{wp|midnight sun}} from May 4th to July 14th, and {{wp|polar night}} from December 15th until December 26th.
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| As of the 2021 census, Gateway's population was 11,688 people, making Gateway the third-largest city in Surrow after [[Holcot Inlet]] and [[Tulaktarvik]], and the largest settlement in Surrow to not be a county seat.
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| Racially, the largest group in Gateway are Auressian-Surrowese, with 11,655 people, or around 99.7% of the population. Estimates suggest that TBD are of Rythenan descent, TBD are of Tyrnican origin, and TBD belong to other Auressian groups. The next largest racial group are other racial groups, with 18 people, or around 0.2% of the city's population belong to other racial groups. The smallest racial group are [[Native Surrowese]], with 15 people, or around 0.1% of the city's population, with estimates that 100% of the Native Surrowese population in Gateway are of {{wp|Innu people|Chequan}} descent.
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| Religiously, Gateway is majority-[[Perendism|Perendist]], with 11,331 people, or around 97% of the city's population following Perendism. 332 people, or around 2.8% of the city's population are {{wp|irreligion|irreligious}}, while 25 people, or around 0.2% of the city's population follow other religions.
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| ==Economy==
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| [[File:Gander_International_Airport_(satellite_view).jpg|250px|thumb|right|Satellite view of [[Gateway International Airport]]]]
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| is basically reliant on ''the'' airport, plus stuff that sprung up around the airport, also some government offices
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| there's an art and culture centre, there's some sports teams, that's it
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| Gateway's municipal government is structured on a {{wp|mayor-council}} system, with the Mayor being directly elected by the citizens, along with a representative to the five-member [[Gateway City Council]]. The current Mayor of Gateway is [[Jasmine Block]], who was first elected in 2022 after succeeding long-term incumbent [[Bill Wirz]], who served as mayor since 1998.
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| As the largest city in Tuckamore County, Gateway is represented by seven of the nine members of the [[Tuckamore County#Government|Tuckamore County Council]].
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| On the national level, Gateway is represented by seven seats in the [[Parliament of Surrow|Surrowese Parliament]]. Of the seven seats, six are from the [[United People's Party (Surrow)|United People's Party]], and one is from the [[Alliance of Cooperativists and Trade Unionists (Surrow)|Alliance of Cooperativists and Trade Unionists]].
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| Public primary and secondary education is provided by Tuckamore County, with the county government operating two primary schools and a secondary school, which all follow the [[Surrow#Education|Surrowese curriculum]].
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| There is no institutions that offer post-secondary education in Gateway, with graduates usually going to [[Holcot Inlet]] to further their education.
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| There is one hospital in Gateway, [[Rolf Odvarsson Hospital]], although for cases too complicated to be treated in Gateway, it will send patients to Holcot Inlet.
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| Highway 1 goes through it, airport is also there
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| in range of SBC transmitters that serves [[Hairings Harbour]] which also serves [[Tern Harbour]], locals can also receive the Holcot Inlet papers
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The flag of Surrow is the national flag of Surrow. Designed in 1891 by Ervin Suchet, it was adopted in 1916 after Surrow gained full self-government from Rythene by the Surrowese Parliament the previous year over the red ensign previously used until 1916, or Joerg Angstroem's tricolor, and retained its status as Surrow's flag after its independence from Rythene in 1950.
Design
The flag is comprised of a centred white Tyrnican cross on a Rythenean green field, with the Big Dipper on the canton.
When the flag was designed by Ervin Suchet in 1891, the flag was made similar to the Rythenean flag of that time, with Suchet declaring in a pamphlet which saw the flag be distributed that the green was to "symbolise our islands' indisputable Rythenean heritage," white "for the purity of the souls who inhabit this far northern land," the cross representing both "the Sword of Perende spreading civilisation" to the Native Surrowese and Surrow's "indisputable Rythenean heritage," and the Big Dipper "representing our land being the closest to the North Pole." Suchet did not include any red in the flag design as he claimed that "no Surrowese blood has ever been spilled in any war."
However, per the Constitution of Surrow, the green is meant to symbolise Surrow's tuckamore forests that cover much of Holcot Island, the white is meant to symbolise the long winters that Surrow experiences, the cross is meant to symbolise Surrow's democratic traditions, and the Big Dipper is meant to represent Surrow's geographic position as the northernmost nation of Maurceania Major.
Historic flags
Red ensign
The first Surrowese flag was adopted in 1859, when the Rythenean government granted the Colony of Surrow the right to have its own civil ensign to be used by Surrowese civilian boats. The Surrowese red ensign is comprised of the Rythenean red ensign, with the Rythenean flag in the canton, and the colonial seal, comprised of the shield of the Surrowese coat of arms surrounded by the text "Colony of the Surrow Islands" on a white disk in the fly half.
The red ensign became associated with the Surrowese colonial government, and in 1866, the red ensign was declared by the Surrowese colonial government to be its state ensign, allowing ships owned by the Surrowese government to use the red ensign. From the 1870s onward, the Surrowese red ensign was increasingly used on land by both the colonial government and by Surrowese civilians, and in 1886, the colonial government officially adopted the Surrowese red ensign as its official flag, "to be used in all circumstances where a local flag is deemed neccessary," although the Rythenean flag remained a co-official flag of Surrow. By the 1890s, the Surrowese red ensign became the only flag regularly flown at government buildings, with the Rythenean flag being consigned to military bases or at Government Inlet.
However, the Surrowese red ensign faced competition from both Suchet's flag and the Surrowese tricolor, leading to the Surrowese red ensign declining in popularity until it was replaced in 1916 with Suchet's flag design. The red ensign remained in use as a civil ensign until 1950, but by then, the red ensign has fallen into "virtually complete disuse" in favor of the Surrowese national flag.
Surrowese Tricolor
In 1887, Joerg Angstroem designed a green-white-blue tricolor for the Fishermen's Protective Union as a party flag. According to Angstroem, green was meant to represent the Rythenean population, white was meant to represent Surrow's long winters, and blue was meant to represent the Tyrnican population, with Angstroem seeing the red ensign used by the Surrowese government at the time as being "too Rythenean to be accepted by a sizable portion of the Surrowese population."
Angstroem's flag became popular, with the flag being extensively promoted by the Fishermen's Protective Union throughout the late 1880s and early 1890s. By the mid-1890s, the Surrowese Tricolor became a popular flag, especially among Surrow's Tyrnican population. However, its rise in popularity among the Surrowese Tyrnican population led to a decline in the flag's popularity among Surrow's Rythenean population, especially in the context of the then-ongoing Surrowese language question, with ethnic Rytheneans trending towards flying the red ensign, or towards Suchet's flag. This led to the Fishermen's Protective Union changing its flag in 1896 from the tricolor to a blue banner with a white fish.
With the outbreak of the First Great War in 1908, the colonial government banned the Surrowese tricolor as the colonial government feared that the flag could be used by "traitors who seek to bring Surrow back under the Tyrnican yoke." Although the flag was relegalized in 1913 after Tyrnica negotiated a separate peace with the Coalition, high levels of anti-Tyrnicanism at the time meant that the Surrowese Tricolor was not adopted by the Surrowese government in 1916, and the flag largely fell into disuse until the mid-1940s, when the Independence League adopted the flag and used it to promote Surrowese independence, with leader Todd Lester proposing that the flag be adopted as the flag of an "independent Surrow."
However, Ted Fisher's decision to keep the current Surrowese flag led to the Surrowese Tricolor falling back into disuse. The Surrowese Tricolor would only see a revival in the mid-1980s, with Deacon Parker's administration encouraging its use as a "secondary Surrowese flag," with a particular focus on touristic areas. Since then, the Surrowese Tricolor has become more popular, particularly in and around Holcot Inlet and Tern Harbour.
Gallery
Below are a list of flags used by the Surrowese government in the modern day.
