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Revelstoke
Revelstoke Downtown Revelstoke, southeastern British Columbia, Canada.

Revelstoke

British Columbia, Canada
Also known as: Second Crossing
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Revelstoke, city, southeastern British Columbia, Canada. It lies in a scenic region along the Columbia River between the Monashee and Selkirk mountains, 392 miles (631 km) northeast of Vancouver. Originally called Second Crossing, the site—overlooked by Mount Revelstoke (6,375 feet [1,943 metres] high)—was laid out in 1885 by A.S. Farwell, a government surveyor. The community was later named for Lord Revelstoke, head of a British banking firm that had helped finance the Canadian Pacific Railway,...

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