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Gay Cluer Fonds Alta Lake Pacific Great Eastern Railway
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Gay Cluer Fonds

  • WA_2016_049
  • Fonds
  • 2004-2006

Notes and reference material used by Florence Petersen to create her book entitled "The History of Alta Lake Road." Most of the material comes from forms filled out by current residents about how they purchased their property and what drew them to the Whistler area.

History of Alta Lake Road Book

Notes and reference material used by Florence Petersen to create her book entitled "The History of Alta Lake Road." Most of the material comes from forms filled out by current residents about how they purchased their property and what drew them to the Whistler area.

Information Sheet about Mail Delivery

An information sheet about mail delivery in Alta Lake, including the Pacific Great Eastern railway and the post office located at Rainbow Lodge.

General Information

Information sheets used to create the book entitled "The History of Alta Lake Road" by Florence Petersen. The information sheets are about things common to all residents such as the Pacific Great Eastern Railway and Mail Delivery. Also included are some information pages about more than one lot and their owners.

Information Sheet about the PGE

An information sheet about the Pacific Great Eastern Railway and its stop at Alta Lake, including its early naming trouble and stops at Alta Lake, Mons and Parkhurst.

5690 Alta Lake Road

Typed notes and anecdotes from J'Anne Greenwood, the owner of 5690 Alta Lake Road, Lots 17 and 18. The same stories are laid out several different times in slightly different formats, and cover stories about train travel and how the family came to buy a lot of Alta Lake Road and a general family history.

5714 Alta Lake Road

Notes relating to 5714 Alta Lake Road, lots 10 and 11. Includes notes from a chat with Roger Stacey, correspondence with Florence and Andy Petersen, correspondence with Roger Stacey, and handwritten note from Ray Dove, and a memoir from Ray Dove about Woodbine Cottage.

Pacific Great Eastern Railway draft with Passenger Receipt

A draft of the section covering the Pacific Great Eastern Railway with numerous handwritten notes, which focuses on how the train brought passengers to Alta Lake and how Rainbow Lodge provided a rest stop along the journey further north. Also includes a passenger receipt from a train that ran from North Vancouver to Rainbow Lodge for the cost of $3.30.