Buildings & Structures Archives | Stories Beneath the Surface

Clip from BC Hydro Film “Action on the Columbia”

Columbia River Treaty clips from BC Hydro film “Action on the Columbia.” Transcript of Narration: [Horn instrumental music] (White screen fades out to dam generating) At low river […]

Diagram and Artist’s Conception of Arrow Dam

Originally published in “The New Outlook for the Arrow Lakes” by BC Hydro and Power Authority, 1965.

Barn Raising on the Shura Farm, 1922

Several families gathered on the farm of Mr. and Mrs. Shura in the Mount Cartier settlement to help them build their barn around 1922. In the photograph are […]

Post marking Mount Revelstoke Auto Road, 1969

This post was planted at the site of the current Revelstoke Golf Club in August 1912 to mark the beginning of the road to the summit of Mount […]

McKinnon House in its Current Location, circa 2020

In the mid-1960s, the McKinnon house was moved to its current location on Nichol Road, in the Arrow Heights neighbourhood of Revelstoke. The 1916 farmhouse was saved from […]

Revelstoke Golf Course Club House, circa 1960

The clubhouse of Revelstoke Golf Course was originally built in 1912 as an agricultural hall for the fall fairs held in Revelstoke. The cupola at the top was […]

Hall Brothers’ Homestead, circa 1895

Willie, John, Dave, and Noah Hall at their first log home at the homestead at Hall’s Landing, circa 1895. John is the father of the Hall brothers, who […]

Stanley Hall with horses, 1956

Stanley Hall of Hall’s Landing with his team of work horses, Bess and Girly, 1956. His mother, Violet Hall, is standing to his right.

Cathy English Interview – Mount Cartier Cemetery

Cathy English, curator of the Revelstoke Museum and Archives, speaks about the Mount Cartier Cemetery. Title Screen: Circular logo on a black backdrop. Logo is an image of […]

Cathy English Interview – Coming to the Valley, 2019

An interview with Cathy English, curator of Revelstoke Museum and Archives, in which she discusses the settlement of the valley. Title Screen: Circular logo on a black backdrop. […]

Buildings at Arrowhead, 1967

Estelle Dickey took this photograph of Main Street, Arrowhead, on November 20, 1967. Two days later, the building on the right was burned down. Farther down the street […]

Drawings from Begbie View Elementary students, 2016

Students from a Grade 3 and 4 class at Begbie View Elementary in Revelstoke visited Revelstoke Museum and Archives in 2016 and learned that the flats that they […]