page_title: Maple leaf
section_title: Other uses
hierarchical_section_title: Maple leaf / Other uses
caption_attribution_description: English: A map showing the Chehalis River, tributaries, and area railroads as forming the shape of a maple leaf.
context_page_description: The maple leaf is the characteristic leaf of the maple tree. It is the most widely recognized national symbol of Canada.
context_section_description: The Italian city of Campobasso was known as "Canada City" or in a minor way "Maple Leaf City", since during the Second World War, Canadian troops invaded the city and freed it from the Germans. Moreover, the city has a huge variety of maples which can be found even in the streets.
  The U.S. city of Carthage, Missouri is nicknamed "America's Maple Leaf City."
  It is usually taken as one of the featured symbols on the emblem of the Pakistani province of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, which is not correct. The featured symbol is, in fact, a Chinar leaf and Chinar is Persian/Turkish/Urdu name of Oriental Plane (Palatanus orientalis), a large broad leaved deciduous tree. Chinar leaf is national symbol of Jammu & Kashmir and its constituent territories, along with several other regional institutions, due to the tree's prevalence in Kashmir Valley and surrounding areas.
  The city of Chehalis, Washington was known as "The Maple-Leaf City".
  The mascot of Goshen College in Goshen, Indiana, is the Maple Leaf and the nickname for Goshen College sports teams is the Maple Leafs.
  In Estonia and Lithuania, inexperienced drivers are obliged to have a green maple leaf sign visible on the vehicle, serving a similar function that a P-plate does in some other countries.
  The maple leaf was also featured on the coat of arms of Sammatti, Finland.
caption: A map showing the Chehalis River, tributaries, and area railroads as forming the shape of a maple leaf
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