# Canada's first maple leaf flag, missing 40 years, turns up...in Belgium.

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [February 7, 2005, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadas-first-maple-leaf-flag-missing-40-years-turns-up-in-belgium/288832 "2005-02-07T17:12:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![Rodd\_Hill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3ab097/32.png) [@Rodd\_Hill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodd_Hill)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2005, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadas-first-maple-leaf-flag-missing-40-years-turns-up-in-belgium/288832/1 "2005-02-07T17:12:25Z")

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Would any other country’s government lose track of their historic first new flag to fly over their capitol/seat of parliament?

At least it’s probably coming home for Canada Day 2005:

[http://www.canada.com/fortstjohn/story.html?id=b68ce84b-b19b-471c-a475-5b9991de8004](http://www.canada.com/fortstjohn/story.html?id=b68ce84b-b19b-471c-a475-5b9991de8004)

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**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2005, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadas-first-maple-leaf-flag-missing-40-years-turns-up-in-belgium/288832/2 "2005-02-07T17:55:44Z")

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Well, if it’s any consolation, it is believed that the Charter to my College (William & Mary, one of the oldest in the US – founded 1693) somehow ended up misfiled in the National Archives in St. Petersburg, Russia. Its a long story.

These things happen I guess.