Nelson home to Canada’s newest all-wheel park with $450,000 price tag

City of Nelson celebrates completion of Canada's newest all-wheel park for skateboarders and bike riders.

Following a dozen years of community and volunteer effort, the City of Nelson is celebrating the completion of Canada's newest All-Wheel Park for skateboarders and bike riders.

"It's pretty indescribable," said 16-year-old LV Rogers student Jack McKay, who visited the extraordinary new facility last week along with two dozen members of the Kootenay Lake Outdoor Skatepark Society (KLOSPS), City Council members and City staff who took part in a commemorative group photo shoot marking the park's completion.

"It's unbelievable," echoed Nelson mayor John Dooley. "This is a project that has taken over 10 years of volunteering, fundraising and incredible dedication by so many of Nelson's residents and businesses. Our thanks and pride go out to everyone who stuck with the vision and made this incredible recreation amenity a reality."

Located on a 1.3-acre parcel in Rosemont, in Art Gibbon Park, the new venue is complimented by an incredible 26,000 square-foot mountain bike and BMX all-wheel park, improved pathways and an all-Natural Building washroom. Combined with Nelson's world class mountain biking, the skate park and all wheel park puts Nelson in a class of its own, making the city an unrivaled destination for riders of all interests, ages and abilities.

Mayor Dooley was quick to thank the Province of BC for its $400,000 Community Recreation Grant, and the Columbia Basin Trust for an additional $50,000.

The skate park also benefited from the support of a long list of cash and in-kind donators, including the Nelson Daybreak Rotary Club, Selkirk College, the Martin Hotel Group, the Nelson and District Credit Union, Shambhala Music Festival, DDC Excavating, Home Hardware, Maglios, Nelson Ready Mix, and the Nelson Lions Club.