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Ferris, Roy Creekside File
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Blackcomb Whistler Higher Ground Booklet

Promotional booklet advertising upcoming developments on Whistler Mountain, made possible by the investment of $24 million in the resort by Intrawest. These include a new high-speed detachable quad chairlift for the peak, improved alpine trails, the reintroduction of Franz's Chair, the complete renovation of the Roundhouse Lodge, and the redevelopment of Creekside base. The pamphlet includes modern photographs of the peak, archival photographs (Myrtle and Alex Philip and others on Whistler Mountain; Alan White, Nancy Greene, Roy Ferris, and Toni Sailer; and Rob Boyd) and concept art for the new Creekside.

Prints 076-087

Photographs found inside a folded paper marked "Chapter 1", taken by A. J. Biggen-Pound.

Captions:
076: "Whistler Creekside gondola & cafeteria. The ski slope has been moved and the new chapel built. 1968. Taken from the air."
077: "Tony and his new wife skiing on his day off, top of red chair, 1969."
078: "Centre: Al White and Roy Ferris, the first ski school directors and instructors taken at Midstation, fall of 1966."
079: "Maudy Harrison, employed at Cheakamus Inn, at the top of the Red Chair, spring 1966."
080: "Cheakamus Inn (now Highland Vale) from the air, 1966."
081: "Creekside, Jordan's Lodge, and Nita Lake from the air. 1966"
082: "Valley bottom (Creekside) taken from Gondola Tower 14, fall of 1965"
083: "Creekside looking north towards Cheakamus Inn from the parking lot. 1966. Highland Lodge is hidden in the hollow between Cheakamus Inn and the camera."
084: "Bottom of Valley (Creekside) and lift buildings taken from Gondola Tower 13 (near the top) in the fall of 1965."
085: "How things change! Creekside Spring 1970"
086: "Bottom of Valley (Creekside) and lift buildings taken from Gondola Tower 3 (later Tower 4) in the fall of 1965. From the left is the staff [back?] house trailers, cafeteria, and in front the ski shop and on the right the Gondola Barn. The highway was gravel."
087: "Tony Biggin-Pound and his new wife on the deck front of the cafeteria, 1969."