The bridge tour pauses over HMCS Haida's official badge and the cultural meaning carried by the ship's name. Peter Dixon explains that Haida is named for the Haida people of Canada's Pacific coast and describes the Thunderbird whose wings cause thunder and whose eyes flash lightning. The badge adapts that image into a two-headed bird with all-round vision and outstretched wings, linking watchfulness with the thunder of the destroyer's guns. It expresses an operational identity and a relationship to the people whose name the ship carried.
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Haida's Thunderbird badge and fighting identity
Haida's two-headed Thunderbird badge connects the ship's all-round fighting role with the First Nations tradition behind her name.