MULGRAVE, NS

Finalist 3
X Marks the Spot Geographic

DESCRIPTION
“On a vertically divided background in the Golden Ratio (approx 61:39), with white on the hoist and Town blue on the fly, a Town gold Mulgrave Star is centered in the white.”

REFERENCES
The flag is geographic with the white representing the mainland of Nova Scotia, where Mulgrave is located with respect to the blue that represents the Strait of Canso to the east of it. The Mulgrave Star is a symbol the designer created with the only symbol for Mulgrave being the Scotia Ferry that is challenging to simplify to an easily recognizable form. The eight pointed star is comprised of four capital Ms, each in a cardinal direction and providing two star points, that shares a common silhouette with a Mi’kmaq star that is not a sacred symbol. This Mulgrave Star, rotated 45 degrees to form an X, serves as a marker for Mulgrave on the geographic flag, and a multiplication sign for prosperity that is important to the Town, also echoed with the star in Town gold and the flag divided by the Golden Ratio. This design serves as a potential counterpart to the Flag Finalist #3 for Port Hawkesbury across the Canso Strait, with that design being a mirror of this one in Port Hawkesbury Town colours.

This is a personal project I have been doing for a year, not an effort by the municipality or its citizens.