Ohuta Park

Gathering is a tribute to an historic tree

Mar 6, 2024
Tree lovers from as far away as Taiwan came to honor the majestic cottonwood tree in Ohuta Park on Saturday, March 2. Well-known Arborist Katie Himanga provided information and insights about these native trees and Michael Eastin enhanced that discussion with Dakota legends and guitar...

Shoreline cottonwood to be removed

Feb 21, 2024
The Lake City City Council voted unanimously to remove a large cottonwood tree growing near an Ohuta Park seawall that’s due to be replaced. Due to its proximity to the wall, the city commissioned a tree assessment that identified “significant risks” to safety posed by the tree in its current...

Why save the cottonwood tree?

Feb 14, 2024
I’ve been a “river rat” since my folks bought our home at 219 Park Street in 1942-43. The home was in the family until 1997 when my stepmother died, so I guess that means I have spent most of my life under that old cottonwood in Ohuta Park. I wish I could know all that this tree could tell us...

Think about saving the cottonwood trees

Dec 27, 2023
Has anyone been thinking about the Cottonwood trees along the lake and how we are going to lose them? I have and I think it will be a wrong move to chop them down. We need the trees for their beauty, their resting places for the eagles we love to watch and just because they have been there so...

Drilling in Ohuta Park

Nov 29, 2023
A machine was extracting soil samples in Ohuta Park on Nov. 17. Lake City Public Works Director Scott Jensen said its an early part of the design process for replacement of the Ohuta Park seawall, which the city intends to complete next year. “However, there is a lot of work with permitting to...

Destination Lake City decorates pavilion with lights designed to better withstand the elements

Nov 22, 2023
Destination Lake City (DLC) recently decorated the Pavilion at Ohuta Park with holiday lighting. According to John Hutchinson, DLC’s president, this year’s decorating lights and garlands were made possible through several DLC members’ private donations. “Last year’s lighting was severely blown...

Ohuta Pavilion now open

Oct 11, 2023
A sign on the door of the Ohuta Pavilion building (above) over the weekend announced that the public restrooms in the building are open daily from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. The four-season building’s main entrance opens into a foyer (right). A hallway contains doors to two family restrooms. At the end of...

Let’s save the Ohuta Park cottonwood tree

Oct 11, 2023
Now that The Wave statue has been put in storage and there are people in this community who are willing to work on saving it, we have to also work on saving the cottonwood tree the city says we may lose because of the sea wall that’s going to be built along Ohuta Park. Can’t the sea wall be built...

Wall and tree have seen a lot of history at Ohuta Park

Sep 20, 2023
The year 1916 is carved in rock on the old retaining wall at Ohuta Park. This wall was 7 years old as Mr. Samuelson made his historic Lake Pepin ride on homemade water skis in 1922. The shady tree lined corner of Ohuta Park near the old wall is the perfect outdoor relaxation spot....

Tree should be preserved

Sep 20, 2023
What Does Lake City Value? One can only wonder... What does the community want as an identity? The community recently celebrated its 150th sesquicentennial during 2022. A sculpture of the inventor of the water ski sport, Ralph Samuelson, was recently placed at the newly renovated Ohuta park....

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