PORT HAWKESBURY, NS
Design D3
Hawk head in faux Canadian pale

With other symbols for Port Hawkesbury used in the previous Canadian pale designs, a hawk head was next in turn. However, with the simple colour combinations for borders, unlike previous designs, I opted to put the bars in different colours so as to use all the colours in the Town colour set. Hence, the “faux” Canadian pale. As for the choice of hawk head, I went with the one that fitted more nicely in the square space so it could be shown larger to be more recognizable from farther away, without being garish in the design. However, there’s something about this hawk head that looks like a bit of an unrecognizable form despite all the features being clearly shown like the beak, head, neck feathers. That’s why I created another design in this D series with the full hawk where a bird silhouette is unmistakable with the wings.

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REFERENCE
Port Hawkesbury is a municipality of about 3200 people in 8.10 sq km (3.13 sq mi) in the south of Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia. It is a part of Inverness County, geographically, but is independent of it politically. It was founded as Ship Harbour in 1789, but renamed in honour of Admiral Sir Edward Hawke. It has a history of ship building for the timber export trade, schooners, and fishing boats. Today, it is largely a service centre for western Cape Breton, with many residents working in large industries in adjacent communities. Otherwise, there isn’t a lot of symbolism associated with Port Hawkesbury, historically or visually, simple or iconic enough for a flag, except for maybe the tamarack tree from an areas and some buildings so named currently.

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