Photographs of construction of the ski runs on the Whistler Village side of Whistler Mountain with various construction vehicles.

Note: contact sheet corresponds with the negatives, however, it includes an extra photograph that is not included in this file.

Photographs of construction in the Whistler village, areas such as Stoney Creek, St. Andrews Place, Fairway hotel, and the Gables

Photographs of Whistler Village development taken by Sabre Excavation Corp. between 1979 and 1998. Photographs include Garry Davies, Art den Duyf, and Hugh Smythe making a trip up Blackcomb Mountain to determine where the ski runs should go in 1979, Sabre Excavation completing the excavation of Village Square in Whistler Village in Spring 1979, Sabre completing snow-clearing in 1980, Sabre working on road construction near the Whistler Golf Course in 1980, Sabre Excavation working on the excavation of the site for the construction of the Westin Hotel in 1998, and Sabre excavating in the Creekside Village area.

Captions:
001: "Going up Blackcomb to determine where the ski runs should go - April [19]79 - L[eft] to R[ight :] ?, Garry Davies, Art den Duyf + Hugh Smythe"
002: "Sabre (Art den Duyf Pres) did the excavation of Whistler Village in Spring 1979 where the Drugstore, Grocery Store + Liquor stores were built."
003: "1980 - Sabre used to do all the snowclearing of the Village and subdivisions in Whistler before the RMOW took over."
004: "1980 - Sabre road construction - Whistler Golf Course - Opened in 1981 + redesigned by Arnold Palmer into 18 holes - opened in 1983."
005: "The Westin - Sabre did the excavation for the Westin Hotel (Cressey Dev. Corp.) - 1998"
006: "Sabre - Creekside Development - year?"

Photographs of skiing, snowboarding, backcountry skiing, Whistler Mountain, Garibaldi Provincial Park, Blackcomb Mountain, etc.

Photographs of windsurfing and the construction of Whistler Village with various construction vehicles (buildings include: Hearthstone Lodge, Blackcomb Lodge, and Fitzsimmons Lodge).

Photographs of early of Whistler Village (buildings include: Blackcomb Lodge, and Hearthstone Lodge), a helicopter installing [chairlift towers?], newly-installed three-person chairlift with Whistler Village in the background, a tractor or excavator rolled over in a ditch, and a person skiing in fresh snow on Whistler Mountain.

Photographs of the construction of ski runs on the Whistler Village side of Whistler Mountain, which includes clearcutting and levelling with various construction equipment.

Note: contact sheet corresponds with the negatives in this file.

Photographs of a forest with an excavator [demolition?], and views of a building [cabin?].

Materials created by Sabre Excavation Corp., a company of Sabre Group originally owned by Art den Duyf. Includes photographs of Whistler Village development taken by Sabre Excavation between 1979 and 1998.