Mount Revelstoke National Park of Canada

Natural Wonders & Cultural Treasures

British Columbia has the world's only temperate inland rainforest, all of which is found in the Columbia Mountains.
© Parks Canada

Mount Revelstoke National Park of Canada protects, for all time, a portion of the Columbia Mountains Natural Region, in the interior wet belt of British Columbia. The steep, rugged mountains, warm, moist climate, and variety of plant and animal life are typical of this natural region. Mount Revelstoke National Park contains stands of old-growth cedar and hemlock, a forest type which is rapidly declining outside of protected areas. The park also protects a small herd of the threatened mountain caribou and provides habitat for grizzly bear and mountain goat. Ecologically and geologically, the area is distinct from the Rocky Mountains to the east and the Coast Mountains to the west.

The park is famous for summer wildflower displays on the summit of Mount Revelstoke.
© Parks Canada

The park is famous for summer wildflower displays on the summit of Mount Revelstoke. Each year the meadows of the upper subalpine zone blossom into brilliant colour by the middle of August. It was the beauty of these meadows, so near to their town, that inspired a group of people in Revelstoke to lobby for the creation of the national park in 1914.

From 1915 to the late 1960's annual ski jumping competitions were held on Mount Revelstoke, the longest period of any Canadian ski jumping venues.
© Revelstoke City Museum

At the same time, skiing was booming as a popular activity. Mount Revelstoke's ski jump was one of the first in Canada and was internationally renowned as one of the finest natural jumps in the world. Several world ski jumping records were set here.

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Mount Revelstoke National Park's cultural heritage

Mount Revelstoke National Park's natural heritage