Nelson, British Columbia

Nelson
City
The Corporation of the City of Nelson
Historic Baker Street
Coat of arms
Nickname:  The Queen City
Motto:  "Forge Ahead"
Nelson Location of City of Nelson within British Columbia, Canada
Coordinates: 49°30′0″N 117°17′0″W / 49.50000°N 117.28333°W / 49.50000; -117.28333
Country	Canada
Province	British Columbia
Region	Kootenays
Regional district	Central Kootenay
Incorporated	1897
Government
• Type	Elected city council
• Mayor	Janice Morrison
• Governing body	Nelson City Council
• MP	Rob Morrison (CPC)
• MLA	Brittny Anderson (BC NDP)
Area
• Land	11.93 km2 (4.61 sq mi)
Elevation	535 m (1,755 ft)
Population  (2016)[1]
• Total	10,664
• Density	1,552.3/km2 (4,020/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−8 (PST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−7 (PDT)
Forward sortation area	V1L
Area code(s)	250, 778, 236, 672
Highways	Hwy 6 Hwy 3A
Website	nelson.ca

Nelson is a city located in the Selkirk Mountains on the West Arm of Kootenay Lake in the Southern Interior of British Columbia, Canada. Known as "The Queen City" and acknowledged for its impressive collection of restored heritage buildings from its glory days in a regional silver rush, Nelson is one of the three cities forming the commercial and population core of the West Kootenay region, the others being Castlegar and Trail. The city is the seat of the Regional District of Central Kootenay. It is represented in the provincial legislature by the riding of Nelson-Creston, and in the Parliament of Canada by the riding of Kootenay—Columbia.