SHELBURNE DISTRICT MUNICIPALITY, NS (Canada)
Design 4A
Wavy and jagged trees

The 4 Series are my attempts at a heraldic design style, not attempt at heraldry as I don’t follow rules well. I try these because it involves interesting and simple visuals. Here, water is represented by a wavy, while trees are a set of overlapping triangles that I wanted to be upright like trees so they are at the bottom despite being north geographically. In between the wavy and tree features are other symbols of the municipality, silhouetted in black for contrast against the white background: the osprey with wings spread as if landing or catching prey, the lobster, and the lighthouse.

Since these I designed these several weeks ago, the Municipality of the District of Shelburne has indicated to me that they have a flag when original emails asking went unanswered for nine months. I am awaiting a description of that flag to not only share here, but also to register with global databases like Flags of the World (FOTW). As such, these designs will be for an art project and personal experience without possibility of adoption in any variation or other designs… at least not in Nova Scotia.

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REFERENCE
The Municipality of the District of Shelburne is a district municipality over 1817 sq km in size (701 sq miles) comprising most of Shelburne County, Nova Scotia, mainly on the east side, but does not include the Towns of Shelburne or Lockeport. The town has a logo of a tree (pine?) on several blue waves, with a gray bird silhouette (osprey?) flying above. Its coat of arms has a shield divided in three like an upside down per pall, featuring a lighthouse, trees, and a lobster each in its own section. Both the logo and coat of arms are shown in the second picture of the post. Several mottos exist, including: “where the forest meets the sea”, and “naturally yours” Historically, after the Mi’kmaq had settled in the area, it was settled by Loyalists from America starting in the spring of 1783, among whom were a significant number of Black Loyalists. Shelburne was then the fourth largest community in 1784, and the largest free Black community in British North America soon after. However, changing circumstances took the population down as low as 300 in the 1820s. Approximately 4300 people currently live among the municipality’s 53 communities and rural areas in between.

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