WESTVILLE, NS (Canada)
Designs 9J, 9K, 9L
Flared W mineshaft memorial with and without symbols
Like the flared mineshaft memorial set that is 9G to 9I, with and without other symbols, these connect the mineshafts at the bottom to form a truer W form, for Westville, that is symmetric on both sides of the flag. The mines were not connected, but the truer W form can help those who don’t visually associate the visual suggestion of the unconnected mines with the W intended. As for the other symbols in the last two versions, the lack of space means they would probably be best left out.
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REFERENCE
Westville is an inland bedroom community of about 3,500 people in Pictou County, Nova Scotia, that has a proud and sometimes tragic mining past that ended in the 1990s. There once was three underground mines, and an explosion in 1873 killed 70 miners, for whom there is a memorial. Another prominent memorial in town is the cenotaph. Like many mining towns, Westville once had some prominent amateur sport teams in baseball, cricket, hockey, and football. However, today, there is only a recreational sport scene there. The town’s colours are a deep blue, white, and black, and is on everything from the website to the former high school and current minor hockey league team. Miners and mining are definitely Westville’s identity, with their website pointing out on its home page how this small town with a big heart needs to honour its past so as to have a future. The town has no logo, a very crudely drawn seal of two men working in the mines, and practically no branding aside from the colour scheme mentioned.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westville,_Nova_Scotia
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