At this link:
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The star design was incorporated into the Town of Tantramar brand as a symbol of Mikmaq culture.. maybe someone should let Town Management know that they were hoodwinked out of $60K for a branding exercise. These things happen.
Article with comments section from Bruce Wark:
New Tantramar logo aims to showcase beauty, history & unity | (warktimes.com)
some commentary at the article here:
The reed grass symbol looks nothing like reed grass.
The “tidal areas and water” is blue when the Cumberland Basin and Tantramar River are actually red/brown.
The symbol for dykes doesn’t resemble a dyke in any way.
“Clear blue skies” are hardly a defining feature of the region. Fog and cloud would be more reflective of Tantramar.
But “Sunrises and sunsets”? Laughable. Every place on the planet has sunrises and sunsets. It’s the most generic feature on planet Earth. The designers could just as well have chosen an empty square and called it “Air”. In fact, air would be a lot more representative of Tantramar than sunrises and sunsets, since Tantramar is known for being very windy.
The only way in which this logo represents Tantramar is that it’s an expensive poorly thought out boondoggle that the residents of the area didn’t ask for, just like amalgamation."
