Revelstoke with it’s rugged mountains, glistening glaciers, lush forests, tumbling waterfalls and crystal clear lakes abound make it a photographer’s paradise
Nestled high in the Monashee Mountains, adjacent
to Mount Revelstoke National Park and close to
Glacier National Park, the year-round playground
of Revelstoke has some of the most spectacular
scenery in all of British Columbia.
Flanked by the snow-capped peaks of the Selkirk
Mountains to the east and the Monashees to the west,
Revelstoke was proclaimed The Capital of Canada’s
Alps and was known as The Mountain Paradise in
the early 1900s.
The 1860s were the start of a short lived gold rush
and the beginning of settlement in the Revelstoke
area.
In 1883, the Surveyor General for the Crown
Colony of British Columbia pre-empted a parcel
of land where he knew the Trans Canada Railway
would cross the river.
The town named was changed to Revelstoke the
next year, in honour of Lord Revelstoke, head of
the London banking firm that saved the Canadian
Pacific Railway from bankruptcy, with incorporation
as the City of Revelstoke following in 1899.
This gateway to mountain adventure and National
Parks is not to be missed by anyone who
appreciates a wonderful view.
Rugged mountains, glistening glaciers, lush forests,
tumbling waterfalls, and crystal clear lakes abound,
making this area a photographer’s paradise.
Population: 8,029
Location: Revelstoke is located in the Kootenays on
the Trans-Canada Highway 1, at the junction of
Highway 3, at the northern end of Upper Arrow
Lake93 miles (148 km) west of Golden and
64 miles (102 km) east of Golden.
IS THERE ANY PART OF BC THAT YOU WOULD
LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT LET US
KNOWBC A DAY AT A TIME.
Cheryl Young, REALTOR
SAANICH PENINSULA REALTY
SIDNEY, B.C www.cherylyoung.ca
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