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Article: Glorious ghost town: JoAnn Roe tours Heritage Ghost Town, near Revelstoke, British Columbia, where the spirit of the frontier lives on.
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- The Beaver: Exploring Canada's History
- Article date:
- April 1, 2008
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Travellers along the Trans-Canada Highway west of Revelstoke, B.C., are often astonished to see a complex of red-roofed buildings appear like a scene from the Mediterranean.
The buildings are part of the Three Valley Lake Chateau, built by Gordon and Ethel Bell and still operated by the Bell family. With the highway on one side and the Canadian Pacific Railway on the other, the chateau neatly fills the narrow passage through the Monashee Mountains known as Eagle Pass.
The chateau is inviting enough for travellers. However, Three Valley Lake also holds a gem for history tourists--a genuine frontier village plucked right ...