Revelstoke Mountain Resort Revelstoke Mountain Resort Revelstoke Mountain Resort (RMR) is a ski resort on Mount Mackenzie, just outside Revelstoke, British Columbia in Canada. It is owned by Northland Properties. Currently, the resort has a 1713m (5620ft) vertical drop, Revelstoke has the longest vertical descent of any ski resort in North America. In terms of size, it is about the same as other major resorts, such as Breckenridge and Panorama, and about a third the size of Whistler-Blackcomb. When completed, it will have , which will make it the largest in North America. Mount Mackenzie and the surrounding area has hosted a number
John Whistler Whistler had fifteen children. Three of their sons became United States Army officers: John, Colonel William Whistler (a commissioned officer from 1801–1861) and Lt. George Washington Whistler, a railroad designer in America and Russia. Two of John Whistler's grandchildren were officers during the American Civil War: Union Brigadier-General Joseph N. G. Whistler and Colonel Joseph Nelson Garland Whistler. Another grandson, James Abbott McNeill Whistler, also attended West Point in 1851, but was unable to graduate, and became an artist. John Whistler Elementary School in Chicago, Illinois, is named for John Whistler. John Whistler John Whistler (ca. 1756 – 3 September