MAHONE BAY, NS
6B new Round 2 design without religious references

In response to a vocal minority that called for designs without religious reference, I came up with the 6 series of designs that used a radiant blue for the town’s vibrancy and seaside location, the schooner for its boat building heritage, and the Mi’kmaq star (sun) for First Nations representation. This second design in the series is similar to the first (previous post), except the schooner is enlarged to be most of the flag and bleeding off the top and bottom edges. The bleed is such if if the flag edges get torn a bit from wear and tear, you would still be able recognize the schooner for what it is, and the overall flag layout composition would not change in meaning. That’s my criteria for acceptable bleed designs on flags. The schooner is blue to acknowledge the sea, without the sea being shown here. The Mi’kmaq star is in red, symbolizing a star that is actually a sun symbolizing unity. Its full colours are black (west), white (north), yellow (east), and red (south), but I had seen it depicted in one colour like here, or one colour with black outline.

REFERENCE
Mahone Bay is a small town of about 1000 residents on the South Shore of Nova Scotia. It is a picturesque tourism destination, especially the iconic three churches along the waterfront of the bay itself, though there are five churches in the town! It has a historic boat/ship building heritage, with more transport and industrial ships in the past, and more pleasure crafts in the present, from all materials but especially wood historically. It is also a current haven for entrepreneurs and business startups growing its population.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahone_Bay,_Nova_Scotia

https://www.townofmahonebay.ca/

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