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Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) Fonds

  • RMOW
  • Fonds
  • 1912-2020

Photographic and textual material created and collected by the Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) relating to planning and development of Whistler Village and the resort municipality, events held in Whistler, land management, culture and public art, ecology, resort development, the environment, transportation, heritage, schools, architecture, sustainability, and municipal politics.

Whistler Singers fonds

  • WA_2018_041
  • Fonds
  • 1998-2019

Fonds consists of material relating to the Whistler Singers choir. Series 01 consists of song orders for various concerts given by the choir; series 02 contains lists of choir members; series 03 contains concert programs; series 04 contains CDs released by the choir; and series 05 contains concert posters.

Whistler Singers

Karl Ricker Fonds

  • WA_2013_003
  • Fonds
  • 1959-2003

Fonds consists of maps, textual records, and photographs relating to the geography, geology, and natural history of the Coast Mountain range, with particular focus on the Garibaldi Park area. Much of the material relates to Dr. Neal M. Carter (1902-1978), a mountaineer, surveyor, and cartographer and active in the Coast Mountains from the 1920s-1950s. Photographs document glacier recession in the Whistler area.

  • Series 01 consists of a manuscript, "Garibaldi Provincial Park and Region," written for the Provincial Parks Branch on the geology, ecology and ecosystems contained within park boundaries in southwestern British Columbia.
  • Series 02 consists of photocopied pages from two volumes of the University of British Columbia's Varsity Outdoor Club Journal, including a letter and article written by Neal Carter.
  • Series 03 consists of 5 photocopied maps created by/with the help of Neal Carter.

Alyssa Bruijns Fonds

  • WA_2016_005
  • Fonds
  • 2015-2021

Posters, art, and textual material donated by Alyssa Bruijns between 2014 and 2021, including Whistler Blackcomb and mountain biking posters, a bus pass, COVID-19 vaccine information and sticker, an Ancient Trees protest sign, her art under Snowline Art, gift cards and tickets for local Whistler pubs and museums, and memberships to Whistler organizations.

Doug Wylie Fonds

  • DWYL
  • Fonds
  • 1965-2020

Photographs of glacier surveys between 1965 and 2020 (Overlord Glacier, Horstman Glacier, and Wedge Glacier) and Whistler events from the 1980s and 1990s.

Whistler Pride Fonds

  • PRIDE
  • Fonds
  • 2001-2020

Material donated by Dean Nelson regarding the Whistler Pride event between 2001-2020.

Jack Douglass Fonds

  • WA_2017_032
  • Fonds
  • 1960-2015

Fonds consists of material related to the Alta Lake Volunteer Fire Department in the early 1970s; newspaper articles about the ski bum Dag Aabye; maps of the Alta Lake, Emerald Estates, and Alpine Meadows neighbourhoods; and other records relating to Whistler's 20th/21st-century history.

Contents include:

  • DOUG_001: Photocopy of map of Alta Lake, 1960.
  • DOUG_002: Newspaper article: “Dag Aabye: The Last Ski Bum,” Vancouver Sun, Tuesday April 22 2003.
  • DOUG_003: Newspaper article: “Whistler Mountain through the years,” including timeline from 1914 to 2015, Vancouver Sun, Saturday November 21 2015.
  • DOUG_004: Newspaper article: “Youngsters can’t hold a ski to Dag Aabye,” Vancouver Sun, Wednesday April 30 2003.
  • DOUG_005: Photocopy of company registration document for Jackass Plumbing, Mr. J. P. Douglass, July 2 1969.
  • DOUG_006: Photocopy of list of names and telephone numbers of the Alta Lake District Fire Department.
  • DOUG_007: Photocopy of ‘birth announcement’ for 9-hole golf course in Whistler Cay Estates.
  • DOUG_008: Fire Protection Report for Alta Lake, August 12 1970.
  • DOUG_009: Notice of Annual General Meeting of the Alta Lake Volunteer Fire Department, 1971.
  • DOUG_010: Constitution and By-Laws of the Alta Lake Volunteer Fire Brigade.
  • DOUG_011: Map of Alpine Meadows.
  • DOUG_012: Map of Emerald Estates.

Richard "Dick" Fairhurst Fonds

  • Fonds
  • 1935 - 1948

Postcards of Rainbow Lodge and Garibaldi Provincial Park, water licences, and original stories written by Richard "Dick" Fairhurst.

WA_88_25_01: Postcard of Rainbow Lodge.
WA_93_01: Black and white postcards of Garibaldi Provincial Park.
WA_988_22: Conditional Water Licence (license), Water Rights Branch Province of British Columbia (1947).
Water Licence, Department of Lands and Forests Province of British Columbia (1958).
WA_92_14: Original Stories Written by Richard Fairhurst.

This fonds record has been transferred from old FileMaker Pro records, and as such, may be missing information and may not entirely adhere to RAD.

Kelvin Fenwick Fonds

  • KFEN
  • Fonds
  • 1976-1991

Materials created by the late Kelvin Fenwick (who passed away in 2003) during his time working for Whistler Mountain between 1976 and 1991 in avalanche control and alpine construction. Includes photographs of avalanches, Toni Sailer Summer Ski Camp, and construction near Roundhouse Lodge on Whistler Mountain.

Garibaldi Lifts Ltd. Fonds

  • WA_1988_017
  • Fonds
  • 1964-1981

This fonds contains information for Garibaldi Lifts Ltd. shareholders. It is separated into two separate folders as follows:

Folder 1:

  • Ephemera: Whistler and Garibaldi Mountain stickers (one from the Vancouver-Garibaldi 1976 Olympic bid)
  • Garibaldi Lifts Ltd. Annual Pass for John Gillis, issued Nov. 6, 1976, valid until Aug. 31, 1977.
  • Correspondence with shareholders
  • Subscription Agreement for shares
  • Interim Reports containing Comparative Statement of Earnings and Expenses (1971-1972, 1975-1979)
  • Annual Report - President’s Report to the Shareholders (1972, 1976-1979)

Folder 2:

  • Correspondence regarding Hastings West Resort Ltd. buyout offer. Correspondence after to previous shareholders.
  • List of suggestions for Whistler Mountain (1981) from the Friends of Whistler Committee
  • Correspondence regarding whether or not there is a need for the Friends of Whistler Committee to continue between the committee and Franz Wilhelmsen
  • Annual Reports (1973, 1974, 1979)
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