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Zeligen, Jeff

  • CA-BC-ZJ001
  • Person
  • fl. 1978

Jeff Zeligen attended the Toni Sailer Summer Ski Camp in 1978.

Zebrowski, Walter

  • Person

A member of the Alta Lake District Ratepayers Association.

Young, Sid

  • CN-YGLS001
  • Person
  • 1927 - July 14, 1994

Gordon Sidney "Sid" Lampere Young was a travel agency owner, alderman, and Rotarian who lived in Whistler. In 1927, Sid (a nickname he picked up in school) was born in Shanghai, China, to British parents. The Young family immigrated to Canada in 1939 and Sid immediately began to enjoy the surroundings of his new country. An outdoor enthusiast, he was soon skiing on Hollyburn and Seymour Mountains in North Vancouver. His travel career began when he started working for Suntours, one of Canada's largest wholesalers in the travel industry at that time. He worked for the company for many years, but he really wanted to be in the retail end of the business. Young's first trip to Whistler was in 1965, Whistler Mountain's opening season. Sid loved the valley, and became a board director for the Garibaldi Olympic Development Association (GODA) as a result, which aimed to se Whistler Mountain host a Winter Olympic Games. In 1973, Sid moved his family to Whistler. It was here he fulfilled his lifelong dream of opening his own travel agency, Young's Travel, in November 1976. Young's Travel opened for business in Creekside, across the road from the base of Whistler Mountain. Business was slow; thus, enabling Young to enjoy the fresh powder on Whistler Mountain. Always an avid skier, he planned to enjoy the finer things life offered in his new environment - his assistant took care of the office while he was up on the mountain. Young claims: "All she had to do was call me on our walkie-talkie system, and within seven or eight minutes, I could be accommodating clients in the office." Once the transaction was complete, Young would place his "CALL LATER, GONE SKIING" sign on the front door. His client list grew as the years passed, advertising in the local paper and on numerous billboards scattered throughout the valley. Sid had to travel to Vancouver twice a week to pick up the necessary travel tickets: manually written in those days. Before Whistler evolved into a summer resort, the agency's busiest times were spring, summer, and fall. Packaged holidays, which included air and hotel, were always a success. It was no secret in Whistler that several residents collecting unemployment insurance could be found on the beaches of Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. As Whistler expanded, so did the travel business. In 1978, Young opened his second office in Pemberton. However, he soon learned that the Pemberton market was too close to Whistler. Pemberton residents could book their vacation over the phone and pick up their tickets on their way through to Vancouver. After a couple of years, he opted out of Pemberton and instead opened an office in Lillooet. At that time, the Duffey Lake Road was nothing more than a dotted line on the map. Therefore, every Thursday morning, Sid's wife, Erika, boarded the northbound train in Whistler and travelled to Lillooet. The office was located in the Camel's Foot Mall on Main Street. She opened for business Thursday afternoon, all day Friday, and Saturday morning. On Saturday afternoon Erika would be on the southbound train for Whistler. When she was back in the office, she would process the tickets and take them to her customers on her next trip. The Lillooet branch was extremely successful. Young's Travel was one of the first enterprises to sign up to relocate to the newly-constructed Whistler Village, as Sid was the director of the Whistler Land Company Ltd., the developer. In 1980, he moved his office there, leasing 460 square feet of corner space next to the then Pharmasave drugstore (now Moguls coffee shop) and hired eight people. From December 1978 until December 1982, Sid also worked for the newly-formed Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) as an alderman. He was an active member of the Whistler Rotary Club, acting as president from 1984 to 1985. Sid and his family hosted a summer party each July at his residence in the Alpine Meadows neighbourhood of Whistler, where he would serve lobsters flown in from the East Coast. After 20 years of successfully operating his agency, Sid sold the business and retired in 1990. On July 14, 1994, Sid passed away.

Young, Scott

  • CA-BC-YS001
  • Person
  • fl. 2009-present

Scott Young is a sound engineer/producer with Alchemy Sound Studios in New Westminster. He was involved with the production of SNOW - Whistler: The Musical.

Young, Jeffery

  • CA-BC-YJ001
  • Person
  • fl. 1987-present

Jeffery Young was the executive chef of the Westin Resort and Spa from 2008 to 2011. Before coming to Whistler, he had graduated with top marks from the Vancouver Community College in 1990, completed an apprentice program at the Pan Pacific Hotel, and worked for ten years as a hotel chef in Halifax, Winnipeg, Toronto, Vancouver, and Tofino. A Red Seal Certified chef, he had received 19 culinary medals, been named British Columbia's Chef of the Year, and participated in competitions such as the 1987 World Culinary Arts Festival and the 2008 Culinary Olympics, by the time of his appointment to the Westin. Although classically trained in French cuisine, he has been influenced by his colleagues from around the world to create his own unique West Coast style of cooking. He prefers to use local B.C. produce whenever possible. Young has since moved on to work in the Vancouver area.

Young, Alexandra

  • CA-BC-YA001
  • Person
  • b. c. 1969 fl. 1980

Alexandra Young attended the third session of the Toni Sailer Summer Ski Camp in 1980.

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