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A frame with four photographs spliced together to create a panoramic shot of Alta Lake and the surrounding mountains.

Postcards

5 postcards with photographs of Nita Lake and Jordan's Lodge.

Photographs

Photographs of Neal Carter and Charles Townsend's mountaineering trip into Garibaldi Provincial Park and the Spearhead Range in September, 1923, including ascents of Wedge Mountain, Whistler Mountain, Overlord Mountain, Fissile Peak, Diavolo Peak, and Mt James Turner.

WA_2007_002 - Negatives

Photograph of the Jardine-Neiland family and their property at 34 1/2 Mile [Function Junction area] between 1930 and 1943, featuring many photographs of Bob Jardine.

Negatives

Photographs taken between 1972 and 1973 by Ken Snowball of skiing and ski racing on Whistler Mountain and Grouse Mountain, the towns of Mount Currie and Pemberton, the Mount Currie Rodeo, motorcycles on the Sea to Sky Highway, Nairn Falls, cityscapes and street scenes of Vancouver, the original Grouse Mountain cable car, dogs, hiking, Adventures West and Alta Lake, the Easter Parade in Whistler, Whistler Peak, T-bars, Orange Chair, and mountain views.

Photographs

Photographs taken by Robert Clark Kline on mountaineering trips to various peak in Garibaldi Provincial Park, Golden Ears Provincial Park, and peaks in the Lower Mainland between 1988 and 1991.

Postcards

Postcards collected by Geoff Archer during the 1980s, including postcards of Nita Lake, 'The Big Tree', and Jordan's Lodge. One postcard (003) of Jordan's Lodge has a letter written on the verso addressed to 'Mom' from 'Dolly', and contains two stamps which date to 1942.

Captions:

001: "No. 12 Mt. Whistler by Moonlight - Jordan's Lodge - Nita Lake - Nita Lake BC"
002: "No. 40 Robbins Studio Vancouver - Jordan's Lodge - Alta Lake BC"
003: "No. 40 Robbins Studio Vancouver - Jordan's Lodge - Alta Lake BC"
004: "No. 31 Robbins Studio Vancouver - Alta Lake - Jordan's Lodge - Nita Lake Alta Lake BC"
005: "No. 7A Robbins Studio Vancouver BC - Nita Lake - Jordan's Lodge - Nita Lake - Alta Lake BC"
006: "No. 22 Robbins Studio Vancouver - Nita Lake - Jordan's Lodge - Nita Lake - Alta Lake BC"
007: "No. 4 - Mt. Whistler Nita Lake BC - Jordan's Lodge - Nita Lake - Alta Lake"
008: "No. 53 Robbins Studio Vancouver BC - The Big Tree - Jordan's Lodge - Nita Lake - Alta Lake BC"
009: "'Winter Creek' - Jordan's Lodge - Nita Lake - Alta Lake BC"

Garibaldi Provincial Park and Region

History of the Garibaldi Provincial Park and Region with emphasis on the geological and natural ecosystems found in the region. This is one document in a series written for the Provincial Parks Branch on the geology, ecology and ecosystems contained within park boundaries in southwestern British Columbia.

Maps

Series consists of photocopies of 5 maps published in the First Edition of Colbert's Climbers' Guide to the Coastal Ranges of B.C., published 1965 by the Alpine Club of Canada. The maps were plotted by, or based on photos provided by, Neal Carter. They all depict areas in the Coast Mountains of western British Columbia.

  • 001: Lillooet Icecap area
  • 002: [?] Falls and Tchaikazan Rivers region (first word may be cut off)
  • 003: Chilko Lake – Southwest
  • 004: Southgate Region
  • 005: The Howson Range, Hazelton Mountains

Carter, Neal

Resort Municipality of Whistler

Documents gathered by Geoff Pearce during his time working as Clerk-Treasurer on Whistler's first municipal council between 1976 and 1986.