Revelstoke, British Columbia

E498441

city municipality

Revelstoke, British Columbia is a small mountain city in southeastern Canada known for its world-class skiing, outdoor recreation, and dramatic setting amid the Selkirk and Monashee ranges.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Revelstoke, British Columbia canonical	6
Revelstoke	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5153920 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Revelstoke, British Columbia
Context triple: [Rocky Mountain Trench, passesNear, Revelstoke, British Columbia]

A. Mackenzie, British Columbia
Mackenzie, British Columbia is a small forestry and mining town in north-central British Columbia, Canada, located near the southern end of Williston Lake.
B. Invermere
Invermere is a small resort town in southeastern British Columbia, Canada, known for its lakeside recreation, mountain scenery, and outdoor tourism.
C. Banff
Banff is a resort town in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, known for its stunning mountain scenery, hot springs, and role as a gateway to outdoor recreation in Banff National Park.
D. Banff
Banff is a historic town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, known for its coastal setting on the Moray Firth and its well-preserved Georgian architecture.
E. Castlegar, British Columbia
Castlegar, British Columbia is a small city in the West Kootenay region known as a transportation hub and outdoor recreation center at the confluence of the Columbia and Kootenay Rivers.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Revelstoke, British Columbia
Target entity description: Revelstoke, British Columbia is a small mountain city in southeastern Canada known for its world-class skiing, outdoor recreation, and dramatic setting amid the Selkirk and Monashee ranges.

A. Mackenzie, British Columbia
Mackenzie, British Columbia is a small forestry and mining town in north-central British Columbia, Canada, located near the southern end of Williston Lake.
B. Invermere
Invermere is a small resort town in southeastern British Columbia, Canada, known for its lakeside recreation, mountain scenery, and outdoor tourism.
C. Banff
Banff is a resort town in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, known for its stunning mountain scenery, hot springs, and role as a gateway to outdoor recreation in Banff National Park.
D. Banff
Banff is a historic town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, known for its coastal setting on the Moray Firth and its well-preserved Georgian architecture.
E. Castlegar, British Columbia
Castlegar, British Columbia is a small city in the West Kootenay region known as a transportation hub and outdoor recreation center at the confluence of the Columbia and Kootenay Rivers.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city ⓘ municipality ⓘ
areaCode	236 ⓘ 250 ⓘ 778 ⓘ
averageAnnualSnowfall	very high ⓘ
climate	cold, snowy winters ⓘ humid continental climate ⓘ warm summers ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ
distanceTo	about 415 km west of Calgary ⓘ about 565 km east of Vancouver ⓘ
elevation	approximately 480 metres above sea level ⓘ
governingBody	Revelstoke City Council NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAirport	Revelstoke Airport NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasHydroelectricDamNearby	Revelstoke Dam NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMuseum	Revelstoke Railway Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNationalParkNearby	Glacier National Park (Canada) NERFINISHED ⓘ Mount Revelstoke National Park NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSkiResort	Revelstoke Mountain Resort NERFINISHED ⓘ
incorporatedAsCity	1899 ⓘ
knownFor	backcountry skiing ⓘ dramatic mountain scenery ⓘ heli-skiing ⓘ hiking ⓘ mountain biking ⓘ outdoor recreation ⓘ skiing ⓘ snowboarding ⓘ
locatedIn	Columbia River valley NERFINISHED ⓘ Kootenay region (broadly defined) NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedNear	Monashee Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ Selkirk Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn	Trans-Canada Highway NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOnRiver	Columbia River NERFINISHED ⓘ
majorIndustry	forestry ⓘ hydroelectric power ⓘ tourism ⓘ
originalName	Farwell NERFINISHED ⓘ
population	approximately 8,000–10,000 inhabitants ⓘ
postalCodePrefix	V0E ⓘ
province	British Columbia ⓘ
railway	Canadian Pacific Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	Southeastern British Columbia NERFINISHED ⓘ
renamedAfter	Edward B. Revelstoke NERFINISHED ⓘ
sports	skiing culture ⓘ snowmobiling ⓘ
timeZone	Pacific Time Zone ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Rocky Mountain Trench → passesNear → Revelstoke, British Columbia ⓘ

Glacier National Park (Canada) → nearestCity → Revelstoke, British Columbia ⓘ

Mount Revelstoke National Park → nearestCity → Revelstoke, British Columbia ⓘ

Interior of British Columbia → contains → Revelstoke, British Columbia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Revelstoke

Arrow Lakes reservoir → locatedNear → Revelstoke, British Columbia ⓘ

subject surface form: Arrow Lakes Reservoir

Revelstoke Dam → locatedNear → Revelstoke, British Columbia ⓘ

Revelstoke Dam → upstreamFrom → Revelstoke, British Columbia ⓘ

Revelstoke Dam → nearbyCity → Revelstoke, British Columbia ⓘ