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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, which was then being constructed through the region. Attempts to extend the railway eastward via Rogers Pass in Glacier National Park (44 miles [71 km] ...(100 of 244 words)

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