Photographs including but not limited to cross-country skiing; Snowcat; Tom Barratt; portraits; rainy day in Whistler Village; Blackcomb; McConkey cup series downhill skiing; helicopter; heli-skiing; ski race; firemen; drinking at party; dancing; Coast Mountain Telemark pro series
Appears in January 20, 1983 issue:
02-330-49. Pg. 1. Caption: Rainy weather did not dampen the view of Whistler from Lands Minister Anthony Brummet, during his tour of Whistler Tuesday, Jan. 18. Accompanied here by (l to r) Mayor Mark Angus, Assistant Deputy Land Minister Chris Gray and WRA Executive Director Earl Hansen. Brummet toured the Village which his ministry will soon have direct involvement with. It was Brummet's first visit to Whistler.
02-330-85. Pg. 3. Caption: At the invitation of Mayor Mark Angus, the infamous talk show host Jack Webster paid a visit to the equally infamous Resort Municipality of Whistler on Tuesday, Jan 11. Webster toured the town, interviewed residents and visitors alike and came out of the entire experience with a rather favourable impression. His reaction to Whistler? "Very impressive!"
02-330-62. Pg. 6. Caption: [left] Roger Moxley, Union Labourer, West Side Road.
02-330-67. Pg. 6. Caption: [middle] Stan Hammond, Non-union Carpenter, High Forest.
02-330-56. Pg. 6. Caption: [right] Dave Lalik, Union Carpenter, High Forest.
02-330-55. Pg. 6. Caption: [bottom] Lorne Greenaway, MP of Cariboo-Chilcotin, visited Whistler Tuesday, Jan. 18 to discuss issues with local residents. His views on Whistler will be featured in next week's Whistler Question.
02-330-158. Pg. 9. Caption: All hands were on deck for the first series in the third annual Boat Races between Whistler and Blackcomb Mountains, Wednesday, Jan. 12 at the Longhorn Pub. Crowds cheered the Blackcomb team on to victory in the Women's and All-Star (mixed team) events. Whistler Mountain personnel were the top tipplers in the men's division and will have a chance to regain the All-Star title Wednesday, March 2 at the Bavarian Inn.
02-330-65. Pg. 10. Caption: Over 200 applicants turned out at the Keg Monday, Jan. 17 for a variety of jobs being offered by the restaurant. The Keg is scheduled to open its doors sometime in early February.
02-330-24. Pg. 11. Caption: Cross-country skiers kick out over the new trail system around Lost Lake on a sunny Sunday afternoon. The same trail was the scene of a 20km race earlier in the day.
02-330-141. Pg. 16. Caption: Have your cleaned your chimney lately? If not, these fellows may pay you a visit shortly. Fire Inspectors Gerry Fosty reports there have been four chimney fires at Whistler since the New Year -- all of them preventable. Be on the safe side and have your chimney cleaned at least twice a year if you use your fireplace frequently.
02-330-77. Pg. 20. Caption: [top] Patti Morris, Lift Host, Blackcomb.
02-330-71. Pg. 20. Caption: [bottom left] Ron Cusik, Ski Shop, Blackcomb.
02-330-73. Pg. 20. Caption: [bottom right] Bill Ruehl, Vehicle Maintenance, Blackcomb.

Photographs including but not limited to helicopter; chairlift; skiing on Whistler Mountain; portraits; band playing; shoveling snow in front of the Liquor Store; bathroom; collapsed house; John Paine; planning meeting; dinner event; The Delta Mountain Inn; car accidents; ski race; firemen; Doug & the Slugs
Appears in February 17, 1983 issue:
02-325-111. Pg. 1. Caption: [top] Buildings collapsed like houses of cards, and cars were thrown like toys about the streets when the village of lIons Bay was battered by a wall of water surging down the normally tiny Alberta Creek. After the wave had passed, two people were left dead, five were injured and dozens were forced to leave their homes.
02-325-162. Pg. 1. Caption: [bottom] See Caption above.
02-325-140. Pg. 3. Caption: [top] Dr. Kindree (right) points out some of the options at Friday's transportation meeting.
02-325-15. Pg. 3. Caption: [bottom] Canada's Governor-General Ed Schreyer (second from right) hit the slopes of Whistler Mountain Tuesday, Feb. 17. Both he and Mrs. Schreyer received some tips from Bob Dufour (left) and Dave Murray (right) while enjoying their five-day vacation.
02-325-152. Pg. 6. Caption: After serving 65 pancake breakfasts at Stoney's Saturday, Feb. 12 these hungry Rotarians sat down to a feast of their own. (Left to right) Richard Heine, Brian Brown, Floyd Elmer Friesen, Paul Burrows, Jeff Wuolle and John Paine help raise hundreds of dollars for Rotary.
02-325-97. Pg. 7. Caption: A sound "like someone dropping a huge sheet of metal" turned out to be an explosion which destroyed cubicle number three in the women's washroom of the Longhorn Pub Thursday, Feb. 10. A similar explosive device was used to blow up a garbage can in the Longhorn Saturday, Feb. 12 and a 31-year-old New Westminster man, Clifford Michael Balkwilll, has been charged with use of a dangerous explosive in connection with the second incident. The explosives, known as "fish salutes" are manufactured for anglers to scare seals away from their prey.
02-325-64. Pg. 8. Caption: Happy to accept the first reservation at Crystal Lodge, manager Sjaan Dilalla books in two families for opening night Friday, Feb. 18. Twenty-nine of the lodge's 46 rooms will open this weekend.
02-325-48. Pg. 9. Caption: The Japanese version of Johnny Carson was being filmed at Blackcomb Mountain Monday, Feb. 14. Akio Kobayashi, a T.V. personality and Sachiko Sakulay, an actress, are on Willie Whistler's right and Miss Ski Japan, Yukali Yamada and host Tommy Yakota stand on his left.
02-325-81. Pg. 10. Caption: Visiting the Wet Coast from Ottawa these skiers gave in to the weather Friday, Feb. 11 just before Whistler Mountain closed. (Left to right) Scott and Jessie Marshall and Linda & Doug Saunder went looking for dryer pasttimes.
02-325-141. Pg. 12. Caption: [left] Jon Paine, Structural Engineer, Emerald Estates.
02-325-146. Pg. 12. Caption: [middle] Mike Cleven, Musician, Emerald Estates.
02-325-103. Pg. 12. Caption: [right] Art Reid, Professional Engineer, North Vancouver.
02-325-161. Pg. 13. Caption: Jim and Marilyn Mead ... communication is the answer.
02-325-42. Pg. 15. Caption: Let's get Springfit! Adult Education classes in fitness continue with instructors (left to right) Debi Mitchell, Jan Alsop and Shelley Cerasaro. These ladies will take you through a vigorous program of warm-ups, aerobic workouts, calisthenics and stretching. See adult ed news for times.

Photographs of Whistler Village under construction with mountains in the background, Roundhouse Lodge on Whistler Mountain circa 1978 to 1982 with a crowd enjoying the sun and snow after skiing, a helicopter flying in towers for the chairlift in 1979, and a photo of the Crystal Lodge under construction with the Executive Inn and Clocktower Building on the left and Whistler and Blackcomb Mountains in the background.

Captions:
001, 004: "Whistler Village Construction 1978-80"
002: "Whistler Mtn Circa 1978-82 Roundhouse"
003: "Flying Chairlift Towers Whistler 1979"

Photographs of a helicopter parked in a bowl on a mountain, Whistler Village and Blackcomb Mountain, the sun and a snow drift, mountain views with fresh snow, Whistler Conference Centre, Whistler Village under snow with a 'Whistler' sign (buildings include: Whistler Conference Centre, and Tapley's Neighbourhood Pub on Crystal Lodge), snowy mountain slopes with ski tracks, Whistler Mountain as seen from Alta Lake, Whistler Village at night, and a snowy forest.

Photographs of a couple posing on a cow statue in Cows Ice Cream, aerials of Whistler Valley with Whistler and Blackcomb Mountains, people canoeing on a creek or lake with Whistler Mountain in the background, a snowboarder in mid-air, Upper Village at the base of Blackcomb Mountain with the Chateau Whistler Resort and Mount Weart in the background, hikers in a meadow in the Coast Range, Village Square in summer with Fitzsimmons Lodge and Crystal Lodge, Stephanie Sloan skiing in summer, a skier in fresh powder, people golfing on Whistler Golf Course with Whistler Mountain in the background, Whistler Village in winter including Sundial Hotel, Clocktower Building, Executive Inn & Suites, Carleton Lodge, Delta Mountain Inn/Hilton Whistler Resort, Whistler Conference Centre, Tapley's Neighbourhood Pub, and Fitzsimmons Lodge; people rafting on a river, heli-skiers with a helicopter overhead, a group of skiers having a picnic on Whistler or Blackcomb Mountain, and Roundhouse Lodge on Whistler Mountain with Red Chair in the foreground.

Captions:
018: "ROUNDHOUSE"
020: "CLOCKTOWER - WHISTLER"

Photographs of competitors for the Slush Cup on Blackcomb Mountain, close-up photographs of a Tyax Heli-ski helicopter, John Kindree skiing Sun Bowl, a competitor in adaptive ski race on Blackcomb Mountain, Pam Bell snowboarding on Blackcomb Mountain, Whistler Village at night with Blackcomb Mountain, Dean Stone skiing Whistler Mountain back bowls, Mike Douglas skiing Blackcomb Mountain, Dean Stone skiing Sun Bowl and Burnt Stew Basin, Whistler Village in winter, skiers on the trail to Burnt Stew Basin, an aerial of Whistler Village in winter, a child skating on a frozen lake, Stephanie Sloan and C. Connelly skiing Whistler Peak, and Stephanie Sloan instructing her Women's Only Program on Whistler Mountain.

Captions:
001, 004, 006: "Slush Cup Blackcomb"
002, 003, 008: "Helicopter parts Whistler"
005: "Sun Bowl Whistler Mt. Skier: John Kindree"
007: "Disabled Skier Champs. Blackcomb'
009: "Carving Blackcomb Riders: Pam Bell"
011: "Winter/Whistler/Ski Whistler Back Bowls Skier: Dean Stone"
012: "Winter/Bl... Blackcomb... Skier: Mi..."
013: "Winter/Whistler/Ski Sun Bowl Cornice, B.Stew Bas. Skier: Dean Stone"
014, 016, 020: "Winter/Whistler Whistler VIllage Whistler, B.C."
015: "Winter/Whistler Trail to Burnt Stew Basin Whistler Peak"
018: "Winter/Whistler/Ski Whistler Peak Skiers: S.Sloan, C.Connelly"
019: "Winter/Whistler Stephanie Sloan's Women Only Program at Whistler, B.C."

Caption on File:
"SKIING"

Photographs of Eric Berger skiing Whistler Mountain, a para-skier over Blackcomb Mountain, rock climbers in Squamish, Whistler Village in summer (Village Square, Fitzsimmons Lodge, and Crystal lodge), a group of heli-skiers with a helicopter above them, skiers on Blackcomb Glacier, icicles, Howe Sound at sunset, children in the Ski Scamps, a person golfing on Chateau Whistler Golf Course and on Nicklaus North Golf Course, the full moon over the Coast Range, the Columbia River Gorge in Oregon, sunset over the Grand Cayman Island in the Caribbean, an aerial of Whistler and Blackcomb Mountains with Whistler Valley and Village below, and skiers on Fitzsimmons Chair on Blackcomb Mountain's opening day with Whistler Mountain in the background.

Captions:
001: "Winter/Whistler/Ski Snow in the Trees, Whistler Skier: Eric Berger"
002: "Paraskiing Blackcomb, B.C."
003: "BC. SQUAMISH BC"
004, 007: "Whistler Village Whistler, B.C."
005: "Heli Skiing Whistler, B.C."
006: "Winter/Blackcomb Blackcomb Glacier Whistler, B.C."

9. 010, 017: "Howe Sound B.C."
   011: "Ski Scamps <M.R.> Whistler, B.C."
   012: "Chateau Whistler Golf Course Whistler B.C. (M.R.)"
   013: "Nicklaus North Golf Course Whistler B.C. (M.R.)"
   015: "Columbia River Gorge Oregon"
   016: "Sunset Grand Cayman Island B.W.I. / Caribbean"
   020: "Opening Day Blackcomb Whistler in B/G"

Note: item 016 is under the copyright of photographer Carson Ganci.

Photographs of Steve Harris snowboarding, a group of snowboarders ['Burton Group'] standing in front of a helicopter on a mountain, people heli-skiing on Spearhead Range, Rendezvous Lodge and Saudan Couloir area on Blackcomb Mountain at dusk, Neil Brown heli-boarding, a curve on Highway 99 in winter, Village North and Whistler Village in winter (buildings include: Eagle Lodge, Town Plaza Suites, Deer Lodge, Delta Whistler Village Suites, Fitzsimmons Lodge, and Crystal Lodge), Roundhouse Lodge on Whistler Mountain with Blackcomb Mountain in the background, Nigel McKissick and Heather Roberts skiing Whistler Peak, and Hugo Harrison skiing the backcountry on Whistler Mountain.

Captions:
001: "STEVE HARRIS - NOT BAD FOR ONE LEG"
002: "THE BURTON GROUP WHISTLER HELI- SKI"
003: "Heli Skiing Spearhead Range"
004: "Winter/Blackcomb Rendezvous Lodge & Saudan Couloir-Blackcomb at Dusk"
005: "GUIDE , NEIL BROWN WHISTLER HELI-SKI"
006: "HIGHWAY "99" IN WINTER"
007, 009-010, 013: "Whistler Village in winter Whistler,B.C."
008: "Winter in Whistler Village Blackcomb Mountain in background Whistler B.C. Canada"
011, 012: "Roundhouse Lodge Whistler Mtn"
014: "Whistler Mtn : The Peak Skier:Nigel Mc Kissick"
015: "Whistler Mtn : The Peak Skier:Heather Roberts"
016-020: "The Back Country Whistler Mountain B.C. Canada Skier:Hugo Harrison"

Photographs of construction of early Whistler Village, someone playing a didgeridoo or alpenhorn in front of Clocktower Building, a group portraits of Mouton Cadet competitors, Whistler Golf Course under construction for expansion, Whistler Village in 1980 with only Fitzsimmons Lodge with Whistler Mountain in the background, mountain hostesses, Leeanne Dufour handing something out to skiers, Whistler VIllage as seen from Fitzsimmons Express Chair, a cook putting food together with crowds of apres skiers at the base of Whistler Mountain, a support vehicle for the Garibaldi Gruel, people walking the Village Stroll in winter with Blackcomb and Crystal Lodges, skiers on Whistler and Blackcomb Mountains, an announcer at a ski race, Blackcomb Lodge in winter, and a helicopter bringing in supplies to Roundhouse Lodge on Whistler Mountain.

Captions:
004: "Golf Course xpansion [sic]"
006: "JAN 1980 - VILLAGE"
007: "LEEANNE DUFOUR MTN HOSTES [sic] JANE, 1979"
014: "Garibaldi Gruel Whistler B.C. SUPPORT VEHICLE"
015: "Whistler Village In Winter"

Note: Copyright on item 017 labelled as: 'BRIAN SPROUT © '.

Photographs of a helicopter installing chairlift towers on either Whistler or Blackcomb Mountain, the Fire Hall, Whistler Village under construction including buildings: Hearthstone Lodge, Rainbow Building, Blackcomb Lodge, Fitzsimmons Lodge, Executive Inn & Suites, Clocktower Building, Crystal Lodge, Tapley's Neighbourhood Pub, and Delta Mountain Inn. Also includes photographs of Slush Cup with a crowd of people in front of Glacier Creek Lodge on Blackcomb Mountain.