 To the lower right canal boat passing into canal to the right surrounded in circle by the legend ‘City of Buffalo, Incorporated 1832.’”

The city flag, also established, was meant to incorporate the official city seal.When produced though, the flag did not include the seal passed by the Common Council.Instead, the seal illustrated a slightly different port scene, the pier and the ship were different, and two port animals drag the canal boat into harbor the opposite direction.