Franz Wilhelmsen Posing with Trail Map
- WMSC-01-01-1989-0729
- Stuk
Part of Whistler Mountain
Franz Wilhelmsen is shown standing beside a trail map outlining the runs on Whistler Mountain.
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Franz Wilhelmsen Posing with Trail Map
Part of Whistler Mountain
Franz Wilhelmsen is shown standing beside a trail map outlining the runs on Whistler Mountain.
Pierre Trudeau with Jim McConkey and Franz Wilhelmsen
Part of Whistler Mountain
A smiling Pierre Trudeau is seen talking to Jim McConkey, at centre, and Franz Wilhelmsen on a sunny day.
Part of Wilhelmsen fonds
VHS tape entitled "Special Memories 1 of 2" containing Franz Wilhelmsen's home videos, featuring boating, water skiing, family vacations, falconing, the Soda Creek Ferry, Franz fishing in a river, a car gondola, the Fraser River, Alta Lake train station, Alta Lake ferry, landscaping, building a pool, commercial fishing, children playing games and races, swimming, Fort Kamloops, orca whales, and a grounded paddle wheeler called “Klondike”.
Part of Wilhelmsen fonds
VHS tape labeled "Special Memories 2 of 2", containing Franz Wilhelmsen's home videos, featuring water skiing, swimming in an indoor pool, Franz building with two boys, canoeing, hunting, fishing, skiing at various mountains, family vacations, school sports day, a herd of rams filmed from the car, Franz putting up a sign declaring that the area was to be developed by Garibaldi Lifts Ltd. (sign gives information about share purchasing), skating at a rink, a hockey game, riding the gondola at Wildcat Mountain (possibly Franz doing research on other mountains before starting on Whistler), a boys choir singing, school gym class, a parade in Norway, and driving through the mountains.
News broadcast about Whistler/ Interview with Franz Wilhelmsen
Part of Wilhelmsen fonds
VHS tape entitled "Whistler Land Co.", featuring a news story about Whistler’s development; interviews with Pat Carleton, Walter Zebrowski, and Mayor Mark Angus; and Laurier’s People interview with Franz Wilhelmsen.
Franz and Annette Wilhelmsen on Whistler Mountain looking toward Peak
Part of Whistler Mountain
Photograph shows Franz Wilhelmsen on skis standing with his wife, Annette, at the top of Whistler. It was taken looking toward the Peak.
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Mount Whistler Feasibility Study
Part of MacDougall fonds
Item is a 10-page report by Willy Schaeffler, Ski Area Consultant, on the feasibility of opening Mount Whistler as a ski hill. It includes a detailed plan for the development of the resort and its facilities, with sections on chairlifts and gondolas, ski trails, snow slide prevention, a ski patrol, trail maintenance, buildings, roads, wind and weather data, and accessibility. The report concludes highly favourably, remarking that Whistler Mountain is "everything the beginner, intermediate, advanced and expert skier could look for."
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Whistler Colouring Book by the Whistler Museum
Whistler-themed colouring book created by the Whistler Museum and Archives using traced photographs from the archives featuring prominent Whistler figures and scenes. The book was sold at the Whistler Museum's gift shop and other locations in Whistler Village.
BC Sports Hall of Fame Inductees
Part of Wilhelmsen fonds
VHS tape entitled "SportsHall Showtape" featuring various stories about all the inductees and honourees of the BC Sports Hall of Fame for that year, including: Franz Wilhelmsen, Rick Hanson, Orland Kurtenback, etc.
Whistler Village Report, Issue Number Two, December 1978 + duplicate
Part of Arv Pellegrin Fonds
The Whistler Village Report published by Whistler Village from December 1978. Articles are entitled: "Where We've Been ... and Where We're Going," "Joint Government Agreement Gives Whistler $9 Million," "Blackcomb Mountain Development Begins," "Snow Unseasonably Slow at Whistler," "Developments Proceed With Set Schedule," and "New Council Sworn In."
The articles are about the subjects of the history of Whistler as a resort town and the building of Whistler Village, the Whistler Village log, a 9 million dollar grant from the federal and provincial governments for resort development and town planning, the development of Blackcomb Mountain, the unseasonably slow snow, the seasonal schedule for development in Whistler and the new council for the Resort Municipality of Whistler being sworn in.
1 Duplicate.