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Touchstones plans bunker tunnel

Touchstones Nelson is proposing to put a tunnel between its basement and the Gray Building next door.

They’ve already leased the so-called Diefenbunker as a new home for their artifact collection.

Executive director Astrid Heyerdahl says physically linking the buildings would have several advantages.

Heyerdahl says a feasibility study has found that it can be done.

They’re applying for provincial and federal grants to make it happen.

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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