Mount Revelstoke National Park

Mount Revelstoke National Park in British Columbia, beside Revelstoke in the Selkirk Mountains, was established in 1914 after strong local advocacy and later expanded in 1920. Though small, it protects an exceptional span of mountain environments, from inland temperate rainforest with old-growth cedar and hemlock to subalpine meadows. Its summit road, begun in 1911 and finished in 1927, became a defining feature, though its construction included the forced labor of more than 200 interned men in 1915. The park also figured prominently in early North American skiing and remains notable for rare ecology, ancient trees, caribou, banana slugs, and other mountain wildlife.

British Columbia · Canada