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Blackcomb Mountain File Lakes
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2004 Negatives [3]

Photographs of the museum's opening on February 13, 2004, a tour on Blackcomb and Lost Lake on February 26, 2004, and the Whistler Chamber '6 years to go' until the 2010 Olympics cake cutting in 2004, with Rob Boyd and Claire Ogilvie in the foreground.

Mixed Graphic Material

Photographs of an aerial of Whistler and Blackcomb Mountains with Whistler Valley below including Whistler Village, Alta Lake, Nita Lake, Alpha Lake, and Whistler Golf Course; Roundhouse Lodge on Whistler Mountain with Red Chair, Blue Chair, and Green Chair; and a crowd of people enjoying apres ski at the base of Whistler Mountain in Creekside near the Garibaldi Ski School Meeting Place and Bell.

Mixed Graphic Material

Photographs of a summer day by Alta Lake, skiers around the Solar Coaster Express chairlift with Rendezvous Lodge in the background, and summer hiking on Blackcomb Mountain.

Negatives

Photographs of skiers on a chairlift, skiing, Whistler Village, flowers, Black Tusk, Solar Coaster Express chairlift, Rendezvous restaurant, and aerial photo of Whistler Mountain and Blackcomb Mountain.

Prints 19-20

Photographs of children learning how to windsurf with Whistler Kids Windsurfing summer camps on Alta Lake.

Captions on verso:
WA_2016_002_01_03_007_01: "Good to have a wetsuit on the cooler days! These are alpine lakes and tho[ugh] they warm quickly in the latter [sic] summer, early summer is frigid!"
WA_2016_002_01_03_007_02: "Eager to get out in the deep water! Each student first learns to 'self rescue' by [bulaning?] to sail on the back of the board & paddling on their stomach to shore 50 metres!"

Prints 23-24

Photographs of children and an instructor sitting at a picnic table at Rainbow Park for a 'dry land class' with the Whistler Kids Windsurfing summer camp and children learning to windsurf on Alta Lake while swimmers look on.

Captions on verso:
WA_2016_002_01_03_009_01: "James - Students become a focal point of beach traffic and bathers"
WA_2016_002_01_03_009_02: "Dry land classes - Students learn how to measure the wind according to land and water cues: -ripples in water -wavelets -white caps -etc."

Prints 27-28

Photographs of children learning to windsurf with Whistler Kids Windsurfing summer camps on Alta Lake with mountains in the background.

Captions on verso:
WA_2016_002_01_03_011_01: "These are BIC windsurfers W[histler] K[ids] W[indsurfing] had 14 complete rigs in varying size for different ages & strengths - MINI BIC with 1.3 m - 1.7m sales [sic - should be 'sails'] 3 metre - 4 metre - 4.5 and 5 metre"
WA_2016_002_01_03_011_02: "Thishttp://whistler.ica-atom.org/0owlm/edit# little chap is in sailing position : lead toe beside the mast foot - Back foot over the dag[g]erboard"

Prints 53-54

Photographs of Paula Shackleton running a private windsurfing lesson on Alta Lake and 'Mike' teaching a young boy how to windsurf on Alta Lake.

Captions on verso:
WA_2016_002_01_03_024_01: "Me doing a private lesson. Our schedule was M[onday]-T[uesday]-W[ednesday] 3 day camp for families - Thursday Whistler Parks & Rec[reation] kids - Friday - Whistler Blackcomb - also Tamwood language camp kids/ per cohort - Whistler area schoold end of summer parties. Highschool Phy[sical] Ed[ucation]."
WA_2016_002_01_03_024_02: "Mike (will look for last name) wet through our instructor certification program. C[anadian] Y[achting] A[ssociation] instructor states that we ran beginning of season. No more commuting to Vancouver!"

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