Beginnings of park at Picture Point approved

The Haines Borough Assembly on Tuesday approved an ordinance to establish a park at Picture Point.

“This ordinance just pertains to the tidelands, at this time,” borough manager Mark Earnest said last month. “The idea would be, potentially, in the future to expand this.”

The park would include about 0.65 acres “of tidelands and submerged lands located at Picture Point owned by the borough,” according to the ordinance.

“The purpose of this public park is…