Revelstoke, British Columbia

Revelstoke sits on the Columbia River between the Selkirk and Monashee ranges in BC's interior, on the Trans-Canada Highway about 200 km northeast of Kelowna, bordered by Mount Revelstoke National Park, and has been a provincial Resort Municipality since 2007. The City runs City Hall at 216 Mackenzie Avenue, property taxes and a separate annual residential utility invoice for water, sewer and garbage, its own water system with four-stage watering restrictions, the wastewater treatment plant, weekly one-can garbage pickup with Tag a Bag stickers for extras, snow and ice control, roads and the metal-pole street lights, Bylaw Compliance Services and animal control with dog and hen coop licences, Revelstoke Fire Rescue Services and FireSmart rebates, emergency management with the Alertable app, the Community Centre with the Aquatic Centre, Fitness Centre and Forum arena, parks and the cemetery, building permits, planning, business licences including short-term rental licences, and the Resort Municipality Initiative fund for tourism projects. The Columbia Shuswap Regional District runs the Revelstoke Landfill, mosquito control and rural Electoral Area B; Recycle BC's contractor SCV Contractors collects curbside recycling; BC Transit and Revelstoke Transfers run the three bus routes and handyDART; the Revelstoke RCMP detachment polices the city; health care is Interior Health's Queen Victoria Hospital; schools are School District 19 Revelstoke; and marriage licences, health cards and driver's licences are provincial.