The Revelstoke Dam is a 175-metre-high concrete gravity dam on the Columbia River, completed in 1984 and one of the largest hydroelectric installations in British Columbia. BC Hydro runs a free visitor centre with exhibits on the dam's construction, the ecology of the Columbia, and the history of the communities flooded when the reservoir was created. An elevator inside the dam lifts visitors to the top for views across the reservoir and the surrounding mountains.
The dam is about 5 km north of town on the Highway 23 north. The reservoir behind it, Lake Revelstoke, stretches north for 130 kilometres. The boat launch at the dam is used by anglers targeting the reservoir's rainbow trout population, which can be large given the depth and cold water temperatures.