Dare we go even further and adopt a rampant moose ?

Being a fan of the NB flag, I think the "banner of arms" approach to flag design is usually promising (or at the very least, constraining in a way that's conducive to avoiding weird elements like the gradients on Miramichi's flag or overly corporatized logos on a white field).

Thats what I thought too, but PIDs are shorter. Did we used to use 9 digit PIDs perhaps?

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Any NB folks familiar with the Crown Grants map know what these penciled-in numbers refer to? These three look like they are for the covered bridge and former ferry wharves at Bayswater and Kennebecasis Island, but I have no idea what kind of documents are associated with the numbers.

Crossings every 20 minutes, 6 days a week from 7 to 7 does sound pretty awesome. www.hmdb.org/Photos5/510/...

Back on birdapp I had a post about how silly the subdivision of Lincoln LSD looked when the boundaries were revealed & at the time I chalked it up to being a result of BigOromocto needing the extra residents. Looking at it now though, was this done just to leave the airport in its own rate area?

Im also a little perplexed about this section. I'd definitely like to see some research done on the internal decision-making behind choosing this structure over others, but the April 2021 green paper did outline a variety of models under consideration including the BC model referred to here.

Anybody else surprised to find out they're apparently an ultra-conservative?

Plausible, but the closest thing I have to a profile shot to use for comparison looks like the top of the lowest piers only reach about halfway. The other complication is that the only other known instance of HAL is on a flat low water wharf at Day's Landing, so the meaning would be different there.

Here's another image of Public Landing during the freshet, @ysjrob.bsky.social. To your point, the water is basically at the HAL mark. The wharf was graded to have a usable landing at various water levels so it would make sense to have the top of the lowest pierhead at the HAL to avoid collisions.

Whatever their function, they're surprisingly numerous. Most other wharves only have an engraved name and date, but whoever worked on Public Landing went way overboard. There is another HAL on the other side, plus a second 1928.

Any guesses about what these acronyms on the Public Landing wharf may be referring to? Ive assumed them to be initials in the past (names of the contractors who built the wharf?) but maybe they're more functional. Height At Low? At Medium Waterlevel?

Out this weekend gathering some more up-to-date photos for use in future wharf profiles and I am so enamored with the area of the Wolastoq around Oromocto, New Brunswick. Reminds me a little of the St. Lawrence in the 1000 Islands - but far less busy!

Remains of Public Wharf in Saint John's North End. Built in 1779, the wharf was never upgraded with concrete even though it saw continual use by steamboats from 1816 to 1946. Considering its age and frequent damage from freshets while in service, it is remarkable how much is still visible.