‘Iconic’ geese to be memorialized with poems, songs after crosswalk accident
HALIFAX — Two well-loved geese who were run down by a motorist will be memorialized Saturday by local residents who see them as far more than just a couple noisy birds.
The geese were among nine known for using a crosswalk to get to their home on Sullivan’s Pond in downtown Dartmouth, a fiercely independent enclave across the harbour from Halifax’s core.
Three were hit by a motorist heading downtown at Wednesday’s afternoon rush hour, with one surviving, police said.
Katy Jean, a poet, artist and part-time restaurant server whose home overlooks the pond, said Friday she was expecting — and got — skeptical reactions to the idea of a memorial, to be held Saturday evening.