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View of Fitzsimmons Creek

This photograph shows the valley bottom between Whistler Mountain and Blackcomb Mountains with Fitzsimmons Creek running through it.

Aerial View of Logging Road and Clear-cutting

An aerial perspective of a logging road and clear-cut forest. This photograph appears to have been taken from a plane or helicopter, with water drops and other reflections from glass visible in the print.

Picnic on Green Lake

  • PHILIP-3-1986-0806
  • Item
  • [191- or 192-?]
  • Part of Philip Fonds

A group of Rainbow Lodge guests, picnicking on the banks of the Green River. Inscription on verso : "Log jam on Green River"

One big tree

Postcard of several people posing on a felled giant fir tree. Caption on postcard : "THIS FIR GIANT MEASURED 417 FT. IN HEIGHT WITH A CLEAR 300 FT. TO THE FIRST LIMB. AT THE BUTT IT WAS 25 FT. THROUGH WITH BARK 16 IN. THICK. ITS CIRCUMFERENCE BEING 77 FT.; 207 FT. FROM THE GROUND ITS DIAMETER WAS 9 FEET. FELLED NEAR VANCOUVER IN AUGUST '95 BY GEORGE CARY, WHO IS SEEN UPON THE LADDER." Handwritten inscription below caption : "1895" and inscription on verso : "Sam Steeves / 406 . 3rd ave / New Westminster"

Photographs

  • BARR_2011_042-01
  • Series
  • [1927]-1938
  • Part of Barr Fonds

Photographs belonging to Ross and Alison Barr documenting their life at Parkhurst sawmill on Green Lake, Whistler.

Week of August 1, 1983

Photographs including but not limited to Logging Games; portraits; band playing outdoors in Whistler Village; awards at evening event; house interior; homemade airplane; small planes; Pemberton; trucks; Government of Canada Special Recovery Project; setting up for outdoor concert; post boxes; Whistler Resort Association promotional film;
Appears in August 4, 1983 issue:
02-338-107. Pg. 1. Caption: Designer Kurt Warner (center) of Arabesque Tension Structures instructs a group on setting up the WRA's new $15,000 tent at Myrtle Philip School field July 28. The tent is lifted initially by what Warner calls "the world's largest bumper jack" then pulled over by a vehicle or a winch. It can be set up in three hours and collapsed in half the time and can serve as overhead shelter or a band shell.
02-338-126. Pg. 2. Caption: What all of Whistler's been waiting for -- 364 new boxes were installed at the post office July 27. Contractor Richard Vandervinne also added two new security doors while he was at it. The postmaster asked letter-lovers to quell their enthusiasm. Everyone who has applied for a box will be contacted within the next two months.
02-338-64. Pg. 3. Caption: [inset] Don Natanos flies a one-seater plane on Saturday, July 31 as part of an eight-minute promotional film for the Whistler Resort Association. The film is being produced by Petersen Productions.
02-338-72. Pg. 3. Caption: See above.
02-338-38. Pg. 5. Caption: Ernie Hnatiuk ... looking forward to working with WLC.
02-338-26. Pg. 6. Caption: [left] Lee-Ann Russell, Village Store Employee, Brio Estates.
02-338-33. Pg. 6. Caption: [middle] Dennis Waddingham, Village Store Owner, Whistler Cay.
02-338-61. Pg. 6. Caption: [bottom] Paul Burrows, former publisher of The Whistler Question, receives two awards fro Kevin Hamm, publisher of the Northwest Herald in Saskatchewan at the CCNA annual meeting in Winnipeg. The Question was awarded first place for best all-round newspaper and best front page in its circulation class in Canada.
02-338-122. Pg. 7. Caption: [top] Whistler Resort Association's latest purchase, a $15,000 "Arabesque" tent, was put up under the close scrutiny of designer Kurt Warner of Calgary.
02-338-113. Pg. 7. Caption: [middle] on the Myrtle Philip School playing field July 28.
02-338-100. Pg. 7. Caption: [bottom] The tent covers 2400 sq. ft. and is 40 ft. wide and 60ft. high. When everyone has learned the ropes, it should take three people three hours to set up.
02-338-85. Pg. 8. Caption: [top] Small planes line up along the new airstrip in Pemberton (above)
02-338-93. Pg. 8. Caption: [bottom] while signs at the entrance announce the federal government's $400,000 grant to improve the landing strip.
02-338-18. Pg. 9. Caption: [top] The Bischoff brothers of Squamish (above) take 10 swings in the Butcher Block competition during Squamish Loggers' Sports Days finals July 31 at the new stadium in Squamish.
02-338-11. Pg. 9. Caption: [bottom] Left, two loggers descent just below the speed of gravity in the Pole Climb.
02-338-48. Pg. 10. Caption: With a touch of Irish traditional music blended with their own, (l to r) Geoffrey Kelly, Jay Knudson and John Mann brightened up an already sunny Village Square Sunday. The lively trio hails from Vancouver.
02-338-45. Pg. 13. Caption: Linda Lesch (left) gives a nod of approval to the goodie picked out by Heather Powell-Long, 3, at the community centre bake sale Sunday, while Chani Long, 5, and Taya James, 9, consider their choices. $149 was raised for the project.

Week of June 6, 1983

Photographs including but not limited to bridge; climbing a fence; horses; portraits; construction; baseball; buffet dinner; Whistler Country Guides canoes at the lake; logging trucks; landscapes; wildlife; band playing; buses; orchestra playing outdoors in Whistler Village; logging; river; trumpet player; barbecue; Vancouver Whitecaps autographs at Myrtle Philip School Sports Banquet
02-348-35. Pg. 1. Caption: Weigh, hey, up she rises ... Cranes hoist the 18-ton concrete spans into place over 19 Mile Creek June 1 in preparation for the new bridge. December '81 floods washed out the old wooden bridge, severing Valley Drive in Alpine Meadows.
02-348-20. Pg. 2. Caption: Golf course, co-ordinator Bob Wick ... ready to heave a sigh of relief.
02-348-99. Pg. 3. Caption: [top] A semi-permanent abode (center) graces the shores of Green Lake in a makeshift campground on private property. Bottles, remnants of campfires and dirty pans litter the ground in this otherwise beautiful setting.
02-348-4. Pg. 3. Caption: [bottom] The no-name bridge over the River of Golden Dreams near Tapley Place is now suffering from a new problem. Spring run-off set one end of the bridge askew, and according to Municipal Engineer Doug Wylie, it may well stay that way for several months. Due to problems in ascertaining the legal right-of-ways to the bridge, not to mention the party responsible for the bridge, the municipality will have its hands tied up in paperwork for some time before it can set things right.
02-348-55. Pg. 5. Caption: Mike Sweeney (seated) of Vancouver's Whitecaps soccer team signs a few autographs at Myrtle Philip School sports banquet Thursday, June 2.
02-348-84. Pg. 6. Caption: [left] Ray Wiens, Minister, Alpine Meadows.
02-348-23. Pg. 6. Caption: [middle] Mike Thaxter, Construction Worker, Alpine Meadows.
02-348-28. Pg. 6. Caption: [right] Reg Walser, Unemployed, Alpine Meadows.
02-348-107. Pg. 6. Caption: [bottom] Pause a while in Whistler Village the next sunny day and you'll hear this group of young musicians perform a wide variety of selections. (L-R) Jennifer Porter, Cal McConnell, Connie Carver, Dan Cushing, and Frank Mallany are a part of a federal government student employment program run by the WRA. In addition to displaying their musical talents these young people will be offering village tours, working at the new information booth and helping at special events.
02-348-40. Pg. 7. Caption: The beer league's Dregs got a lift June 1 when Patti Ritchie made it home, despite the valiant efforts of the Longhorn's All-night All-stars' back catcher. Final score? A 27-27 tie.
02-348-128. Pg. 9. Caption: Chips fly where they may as Jud Forster (left) and Stan Hammond prepare red cedar logs for a carport in Whistler Cay Heights being built by Hammond and Davies Log Builders.
02-348-115. Pg. 11. Caption: Ray Lyman, band director of Seaton Secondary School from Vernon, was pleased to present Whistler's Molly Boyd with a band booster award for the services she rendered in bringing the group to Whistler. Band members and audiences alike braved cold winds to share a top-rated concert of big band sounds.

Week of July 11, 1979

Photographs including but not limited to bridge construction; tennis courts; driving; cycling road race
Appears in July 18, 1979 issue:
02-091-20. Pg. 8. Caption: Packages #4 & 5 of the Town Centre rise up.
Appears in July 11, 1979 issue:
02-091-34. Pg. 1. Caption: The end of 2 days of racing. The two leaders of the second stage of the Garibaldi Bicycle Race cross the line at Whistler.
02-091-21. Pg. 4. Caption: Machinery at work on the foundations of parking building "C" at the Town Centre.
02-091-12. Pg. 6. Caption: Vic Hurford's crew at work on the Blackcomb Road.
02-091-30. Pg. 7. Caption: [top] Looking north from the training wall to the new FItzsimmons bridge (above).
02-091-1. Pg. 7. Caption: [bottom] The newly-constructed bridge over Fitzsimmons Creek (below).
02-091-28. Pg. 8. Caption [top] : Paul Tattamanti and Eugene Rochfort at the Stage 1 turnaround at Whistler in the rain on Saturday.
02-091-41. Pg. 8. Caption: [bottom] Winners of the Garibaldi Cup -- The Anglia-Norco team of Eugene Rochfort, Brian Hunter of Molson's, Joe Smyth (hiding behind the cup) and Bert Heliwell.
02-091-24. Pg. 10. Caption: The underground parking structure with Packages 4 & 5 in place on top.
02-091-14. Pg. 11. Caption: [left] Two Blackcomb views -- from the bottom (left) showing the speed limit sign in White Gold.
02-091-8. Pg. 11. Caption: [right] and from the 4,000-ft. level looking down one of the runs towards the school and the Town Centre.
02-091-27. Pg. [16]. Caption: Mayor Pat Carleton and Alderman Al Raine with Minister of Municipal Affairs Bill Van der Zalm and his wife Lillian.

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