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Resort Municipality of Whistler Newsletters

Two Resort Municipality of Whistler newsletters from February 1979 and March 1981 sent to the Alpine Club of Canada Vancouver Section. The issues were read and used by the Section executive of the Club and were previously part of the Section archive.

The newsletters broach subjects including regarding a Garibaldi Lift Company announcement to develop the North Face of Whistler Mountain, the rights to develop Blackcomb Mountain by Fortress Mountain Resorts Ltd, the sod turning ceremony of the Town Core [Whistler Village], announcement for a contract for underground parking, the announcement that Arnold Palmer Enterprises set to design an 18 hole golf course [Whistler Golf Course], the Whistler Volunteer Fire Department, private water systems, the Information Center, thank-yous to council members, welcomes to newly elected council members, highway improvements to the north, subdivision paving, overnight camping, Health Center and ambulance service, efforts to establish an R.C.M.P detachment, establishment of a ski train, television and radio reception, bylaws to control dogs and noise, taxes, establishing a municipal works yard, employee housing, schools, road maintenance, garbage service, zoning, recreational facilities, legal costs, budgets, flooding, gas utilities, Municipal Hall, bus transportation, Sunday shopping, construction, the cemetery, and the Cheakamus River.

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Photographs of Dave Gauley, Vanessa Knee, Joe Lammers, Damian Cromwell, and Tim Rickli skiing Whistler Peak; Dean Stone skiing the alpine bowls on Whistler Mountain, John Kindree, Dean Stone, and Richie Schley skiing Sun Bowl, Tim Rickli skiing Harmony Bowl, Stephanie Sloan skiing Symphony Bowl, people heli-skiing the Pemberton Icecap and the Spearhead Range, John 'Bushrat' Hetherington heli-skiing the Ipsoot Range, people heli-skiing on Powder Mountain, and people skiing the alpine bowls on Whistler Mountain.

Captions:
001: "Cliffs below Friday 13th Chutes Whistler Peak Skier:Dave Gauley"
002: "The Peak Whistler, B.C. Skier:Vanessa Knee"
003: "Alpine bowls/ Whistler Mtn. Skier:Dean Stone"
004: "Sun Bowl Whistler Mt. Skier:John Kindree"
005: "Whistler, B.C. Harmony Bowl Waterfall Skier:Tim Rickli"
007, 014: "The Peak Whistler, B.C. Skier:Joe Lammers"
008: "Symphony Bowl Whistler Skier:Stephanie Sloan"
009: "Heli Skiing Pemberton Ice Cap with Corporate Helicopters"
010: "Sun bowl Whistler, B.C. Skier:Dean Stone"
011: "Cliffs below Friday 13th Chutes Whistler Peak Skier:Damian Cromwell"
012: "Whistler Heliski/Ipsoot Skier:John"Bushrat" Hetherington"
013: "Winter/Whistler Fresh Powder on Whistler Peak"
015: "Heli Skiing Heli Skiing on Powder Mountain"
016: "Whistler, B.C. Peak. Skier:Tim Rickli"
017: "Sun bowl Whistler, B.C. Skier:Ritchie Schley"
018: "Winter/Whistler/Ski Skiing the Alpine Bowls at Whistler Mountain"
019: "Whistler Peak Whistler, B.C. Skier:Joe Lammers"
020: "Heli-skiing Spearhead Range Whistler B.C."