In what’s being described as a locally flavored cultural exchange, Haines is set to receive a Zamboni-like ice-grooming machine from Haines Junction, Y.T., in a trade for a haul of fresh sockeye fillets.

Under plans being made in the two towns, the swap will culminate in a Yukon salmon feed on Canada Day July 1 and a presentation of the 1982 Olympia Ice Conditioner in the Haines Fourth of July parade.

In the swap, each…