Revelstoke Heritage & Museums: BC Interior Forestry Museum
 
Visualize a chunk of cellulose fiber, 4 inches by 4 inches by 10 inches and you have the average daily wood need of every person on earth... just one of the fascinating displays at the B.C. Interior Forestry Museum at Revelstoke.

Entry Fees:
Adults (19+) $4.00
Seniors (65+) $3.00
Students $2.00
Children under 6 Free
 
Hours of Operation:
May 14 - Jun 28, 10am - 5pm, Wed - Sun
Jun 29 - Sep 7, 10am - 5pm, 7 days a week
Sep 8 - Oct 11, 10am - 5pm, Wed - Sun

From a left handed chainsaw to a complete double-team horse, logging harness... from the 1956 Hayes logging truck to to the 1951 Northwest heel-boom loader... from the 1921 newspaper cartoons about preventing forest fires to the tree that healed itself, the Forestry Museum is dedicated those hardy individuals who built this province through it's #1 industry... Forestry.

An eleven station storyboard sequence follows the life of logging families from the late 1800's.
See the horse-driven stump puller. Kick the treads on the 1948 "yarder" made from a W.W.II gun carrier.

Guess the age of the Engelmann Spruce and win a prize. Take a stroll through the indoor "Tree Farm" and see if you can identify the species.

Complete your visit with a browse through the gift shop with it's unique woodworks and collectables by local artisans. We are a work in progress, dedicated to the men and women who harvest and tend the forests of the B.C. interior.

Explore our full scale re-creation of a 1921 Fire Lookout Station.

We are located 4km North of Revelstoke at the entrance to the Revelstoke Dam, and are open 7 days a week during the Summer season.

If you have questions, please phone us at (250)837-8078
or email us at info@bcforestrymuseum.ca

 

    

Revelstoke Chamber of Commerce
204 Campbell Avenue - Box 490, Revelstoke BC Canada V0E 2S0
Ph: 1(250) 837-5345  FAX: 1(250) 837-4223

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