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The residential area of Mackenzie Avenue, looking west from
Third Street, around 1905, with Mt.
Begbie in the distance.
The townsite of Farwell in 1885, after the fire in May of that
year. The photograph is looking north toward the Columbia River.
Work train on the original wooden railway bridge across the
Columbia at Revelstoke in 1885.
No. 1 Fire Brigade Masquerade Ball in the Revelstoke Opera House
on December 6, 1911.
Revelstoke's magnificent court house was built between 1912
and 1913 by local contractors William Foote and Anselmo Pradolini. Local
granite and marble from the Lardeau region, south of Revelstoke, were used,
as well as marble from Italy. The copper dome eventually turned green through
oxidization and has since been painted green.
The last spike joining the Canadian Pacific Railway was driven
at Craigellachie, west of Revelstoke, on November 7, 1885. Sir Donald Smith
is driving the spike, and standing just behind him is a lad by the name
of Edward Mallandaine. Mallandaine was 17 years old at the time and had
been running a pony express service between Sicamous and Revelstoke. He
went on to found the town of Creston, B.C.
Mackenzie Avenue in downtown Revelstoke, circa 1915. The downtown
core is well-established at this time, and the trees on Mount Revelstoke
are beginning to grow back.
The Revelstoke Sawmill Co. was originally established in the
1880s by brothers Dan and Fred Robinson. It was moved and rebuilt several
times. In this photograph, circa 1912, it was located on the west side of
the Columbia River from Revelstoke.
The "Nels Nelsen Ski Jump" on Mount Revelstoke, around
1960 attracted competitors and spectators from around the world.
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