Ruby M. Nobbs’s Revelstoke: History and Heritage serves as the authoritative municipal history of the strategic mountain crossroads situated at the confluence of the Columbia and Illecillewaet rivers. The volume chronicles the town’s rapid emergence from a raucous 1880s railhead construction camp known as "Farwell" into the preeminent administrative, maintenance, and division point for the Canadian Pacific Railway through the Selkirk and Monashee mountains. Nobbs details how railway infrastructure, steamship docks connecting to the Arrow Lakes, and hard-rock smelter ventures were mapped over traditional Sinixt and Secwépemc river routes. The narrative examines civic development across the Columbia River into the adjacent community of Big Eddy, early hydro developments, and the establishment of Mount Revelstoke National Park, capturing the physical resilience of a major Canadian mountain division town.

Big Eddy (B.C.), British Columbia Revelstoke, Canadian Pacific Railway Company History, City of Revelstoke, History, Mount Revelstoke National Park (B.C.) History, Municipal government British Columbia Revelstoke, Revelstoke (B.C.) History, Revelstoke (B.C.) Social life and customs

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.