Back نيلسون (كولومبيا البريطانية) Arabic نيلسون (بلده فى ريجيونال ديستريكت اوف سينترال كوتيناى) ARZ Nelson (lungsod sa Kanada) CEB Nelson (British Columbia) German Nelson, Kolombiyay Britanya DIQ نلسون، بریتیش کلمبیا Persian Nelson (Colombie-Britannique) French Nelson (Columbia Britannica) Italian ネルソン (ブリティッシュコロンビア州) Japanese Nelson, Kolumbiya Brîtanî Kurdish
Nelson | |
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| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Area code(s) | 250, 778, 236, 672 |
| Highways |  Highway 6  Highway 3A |
| Website | nelson |
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.