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Government Street was constructed as a shorter route for businesses to transport their goods from the station to their stores on Front Street. The extra expense in shipping costs caused many businesses to relocate to the station townsite that was being constructed on Mackenzie Avenue and First Street.

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Mackenzie Avenue
1898
Revelstoke, British Columbia, Canada

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Mackenzie Avenue 1898.

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First Street
1900
Revelstoke, British Columbia, Canada

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First Street, Revelstoke, c 1900

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By the time that World War I began in 1914, Revelstoke was a prosperous community, one of the largest in the interior of the province. The city boasted three banks, a YMCA facility, an Opera House, a high school and two elementary schools. Revelstoke was a transportation, mining and lumbering centre as well as a tourist destination that advertised itself as the "Capital of Canada's Alps."

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Mackenzie Avenue
1912
Revelstoke, British Columbia, Canada

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Mackenzie Avenue, 1912.

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Race between fire brigades on Front Street.
1897
Revelstoke, British Columbia, Canada

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Race between fire brigades in Lower Town.

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Funeral procession on Front Street.
1906
Revelstoke, British Columbia, Canada

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Lodge procession on Front Street, 1900.

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By the mid 1910s, Front Street was fading away as a business centre, although it still housed three large hotels. It was considered the less desirable section of town, where several brothels were still in operation. By the 1950s, there were less than a dozen of the original buildings still standing on Front Street. The street has since been rebuilt as a residential area.

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Revelstoke CPR Station and Hotel.
1908
Revelstoke, British Columbia, Canada