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View of Mount Begbie and Revelstoke, circa 1945

A triple-peaked glacier and other mountains tower over a small city, with a river running between them. The black-and-white photograph was taken from a mountainside, providing a birds-eye view of the city below.

Revelstoke Museum and Archives photograph 7990. Photographer: Earle Dickey.

 

Mount Begbie and the city of Revelstoke showing the Columbia River circa 1945, prior to the construction of the Hugh Keenleyside Dam. The dam flooded acres of land, including several farms and the original airport site. Photo taken from Mount Revelstoke.