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Revelstoke Railway Museum
Museums
Railway buffs shouldn't miss Revelstoke Railway Museum (719 Track St. W, 250/
837-6060, 9am-8pm daily in summer, 9am-5pm daily in spring and fall, 11am-4pm Fri.-
Tues. in winter, adult $10, senior $8, child $5), a re-creation of an early Canadian Pacific
Railway station. Reflecting the importance of this mode of transportation in Revelstoke's
history, the museum centers on a massive 1948 steam locomotive and Business Car No. 4,
the ultimate in early rail-travel luxury.
Revelstoke Museum (315 1st St., 250/837-3067, 10am-5pm Mon.-Fri., 11am-5pm Sat.,
adult $5, senior $3, child $2) fills two stories of a historic downtown post office building. It
preserves plenty of pioneer memorabilia and a great collection of historical black-and-white
photos, and offers displays on local industries, early Chinese miners, and winter recreation.
Dams
The 1,900-kilometer (1,180-mile) Columbia River, North America's third longest, is con-
trolled by many dams. Four of these are in British Columbia, and two are in the vicinity of
Revelstoke. The local dams provide the necessary water for two massive hydroelectric op-