Gate dedication to welcome Japanese visitors

The Izu-Shi Friendship Society will welcome a delegation from Nelson’s sister city on Aug. 7.

It’s the return visit after a group from Nelson travelled to Japan in March.

The society’s Malcolm Fitz-Earle says they also hope to dedicate a new gate at Cottonwood Falls Park that day.

The gate will be at the west end of the footbridge.

The society was recently approved for $17,000 in Columbia Basin Trust funds through the city.

Greg Nesteroff
Greg Nesteroff
Greg has been working in West Kootenay news media off and on since 1998. When he's not on the air, he's busy writing about local history. He'll soon publish a book about the man who founded the ghost town of Sandon.

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