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1974-1999

Photographs of the Jazz Festival, rafting on Owl Creek, climbing in the Tantalus Range, car shows, swimming, the Molson World Cup Downhill, Whistler Village construction, Ski School, skiing, windsurfing on Alta Lake, skating, bears, the filming of a movie, tennis, barbecues, picnics, Ski Patrol, ski instruction, awards, Eco Challenge, the Belly Flop Contest at the Christiana Inn, Roundhouse Lodge, Orange Chair, Red Chair, Whistler Express Gondola, aerial shots of Whistler Valley, the Saudan Couloir Ski Race Extreme, Blackcomb Mountain, Whistler Mountain, hiking, sunbathing, fishing, horseback riding, Duffey Lake Road, ski run grooming, weightlifting, balloons, Symphony on the Mountain, and the Great Snow Earth Water Race.

B.C. Motorist Magazine, January-February 1967

The January-February 1967 (Vol. 6, No. 1) issue of B.C. Motorist Magazine published by B.C. Automobile Association containing the following articles:
"Teenage Drivers"
"Whistler - Hottest Ski Area in Canada"
"The Driving Lesson"
"Electric Autos Coming Back?"
"New Life for Old Totems"
"Fasten Your Seat Belts, Please!"
"Lake Country and Ghost Towns"
"Fishermen and Fish - The West Coast Troller"
"A Walk to Siwash Rock"
"Campbell River Loves the Sea"
"A Man and His Fossil Mountain"
Cliff Fenner used tabs on cover page and on pages 4 and 6 to indicate his photographs used in the magazine. These photographs are of Black Tusk, construction of the village in Whistler, and Dag Aabye (ski acrobat) on Whistler Mountain.

Gordon McKeever Fonds

  • GMCK
  • Fonds
  • 1970-2009

Fond consists of material donated by Gordon McKeever and includes promotional stickers for Whistler Mountain and Whistler Blackcomb, a promotional book for Whistler's restaurants, four travel planners created by the Whistler Resort Association to promote both Winter and Summer seasons between 1997 and 2000, a paper spiral bound guide for Whistler Resort Association (WRA) members from November 15th, 1996, a 1999 VHS promotional resort video guide for the Resort Municipality of Whistler, a variety of materials supporting the 2010 Winter Olympic Games, four paper business directory booklets printed for the Whistler Chamber of Commerce dating from 1994, 1996, and 1999, and sixteen posters depicting a variety of subject matter including Whistler festivals, ski racing events, concert series, car shows, heli-skiing, Molson and Shell Cups, and Whistler Resort tourism.

Week of May 17, 1978

Photographs including but not limited to new firetruck; firemen; chairlift construction planning; car accidents; Franz Wilhelmsen; John Howells

Week of September 23, 1980

Photographs including but not limited to construction; roads; awards; Pat Carleton; passenger train; cars; kayaking; railway tracks
Appears in September 25, 1980 issue:
02-163-17. Pg. 1. Caption: [top] Looking up the liftline under Blackcomb's Lift Number Two portal tower.
02-163-56. Pg. 1. Caption: [bottom left] Bennett poses with some Myrtle Philip students
02-163-54. Pg. 1. Caption: [bottom right] While (right) Mayor Carleton accepts a plaque commemorating the visit.
02-163-30. Pg. 3. Caption: Resort Centre site will soon be shut down for winter until spring.
02-163-5. Pg. 4. Caption: [left] Trench where cable was struck causing last week's short power outage.
02-163-11. Pg. 4. Caption: [right] Steve Smeridge, Animal Control Officer.
02-163-89. Pg. 5. Caption: [top] Top: Kayak is totally submerged at this portion of the course.
02-163-72. Pg. 5. Caption: [bottom] Bottom: Doing an 'ender' on a hole for fun after the competition.
02-163-75. Pg. 6. Caption: [right] [Squatter's cabin] until last Sunday when it burned to the ground.
02-163-94. Pg. 7. Caption: Garibaldi's Brian Allen whips through the foam of the Cheakamus in the B.C. Kayak Championships.
02-163-66. Pg. 8. Caption: [top] Chris Stethem
02-163-16. Pg. 8. Caption: [bottom] The Blackcomb Daylodge with Lift One in the distance.
02-163-14. Pg. 9. Caption: [bottom] While (below) crews hydro-seed the Blackcomb Access Road.
02-163-26. Pg. 10. Caption: [top] Franz and Annette Wilhelmsen admire new Whistler' pin while Hastings West president Ken Tolmie, Peter Alder and Trudi Salmhofer look on.
02-163-19. Pg. 10. Caption: [bottom] Peter Alder presents the plaque to Mr. & Mrs. Wilhelmsen.
02-163-34. Pg. [16]. Caption: [top right] B.C. CABINET AT WHISTLER (left) Mayor Carleton greets Premier Bill Bennett and Labour Minister Allan Williams as they get off the train.
02-163-46. Pg. [16]. Caption: [bottom right] (Below) The Mayor shows the Town Centre off to (l to r) Health Minister McLelland, Premier Bennett, Mrs. Aubrey Bennett, Provinicial Secretary Hugh Curtis, & Labour Minister Allan Williams.