MIDDLETON, NS (Canada)
Designs 4a and4b
Heart of the Valley

I had come up with this design for a flag of Middleton after I had posted the series and did not want to interrupt another series. It literally plays on the town’s “Heart of the Valley” moniker. A red heart sits in an angular V framing parallel to its sides, that is a valley seen as if walking through it. My preferred version has the valley is Granny Smith apple green for the lush lands of the valley known for its crop of apples. However, if the Town liked it, they may want it in their British red, white, and blue branding (second pic in post).

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REFERENCE
Middleton is a small town of just under 2000 people in the Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia, with its entire south side bordering the curves of the Annapolis River. Located half way between the provincial capital of Halifax and the southern tip town of Yarmouth, if travelling through the Valley instead of the South Shore, the town was renamed Middleton in a vote in 1854 to reflect this geographic circumstance. However, said highway from Halifax to Yarmouth technically passes north of Middleton, not through it. Another important highway from Bridgewater on the South Shore, ends in Middleton, but does not technically connect it to the highway between Halifax and Yarmouth in Middleton like the town is considered to be located at the intersection of these highways. Middleton’s moniker, The Heart of the Valley, is a bit more accurate, earned from its relative location in the abundant, apple growing Annapolis Valley, as well as its past contributions to the area. Middleton really plays on this moniker, with everything from its logo being an apple warped into a heart to make it look like a strawberry, to big heart shapes being behind at least some of its street signs.

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

https://www.discovermiddleton.ca/

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Flags_with_hearts

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