On Monday afternoon (March 8) during the city’s civic operations committee meeting, parks manager Jeff Putnam said the city received feedback from the Kamloops Naturalist Club, Kamloops Outdoor Club, Kamloops Hiking Club and city’s parks engagement group. Gregson’s family is also apparently in support of the recommendation. Putnam said the name will be added to the sign on the existing pathway, which covers the west end of McArthur Island. Putnam said it is appropriate for the Gregson name to appear in the popular North Kamloops park. “Mr. Gregson was actually instrumental in the creation of the McArthur Island slough wetlands back in the 1960s and he secured a $12,000 loan from the federal government, which was kind of unheard of at the time it was a lot of money back in those days to actually create the west end of the slough to be a year-round wetlands area,” Putnam said. “We think the location is absolutely perfect.”