CLARK’S HARBOUR, NS (Canada)
Design 2a
Cape Islander Painting

The flag is in the style of a painting, with the final version photographed from a real painting. The informal painting look reflects the charms of a small fishing town far better than more formal designs flags tend to be to serve the formal governments that adopt them.

This version is close to version 1b a few posts before this, featuring a Cape Islander heading “home” to the hoist, on a barely wavy ocean of CoA blue, beneath clear skies in light blue, with the “cross crosslet” in the sky as a guidance symbol. Lobster and other ocean boat fishing can be a dangerous profession so clear skies and a boat coming home are meaningful symbols deliberately chosen.

Constructive criticisms welcomed. Thank you.

REFERENCE
Clark’s Harbour is a small municipality in southwestern Nova Scotia, and home of the famous Cape Islander lobster and fishing boat design. The town has its own coat of arms (pic 2), from where this fourth design takes most of its symbols, though I have modernized and simplified the Cape Islander rendering.

https://www.clarksharbour.com/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clark’s_Harbour

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crosses_in_heraldry

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