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Blackcomb Mountain Resort development
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Photographs of a Slush Cup with skiers and snowboarders trying to skim across a slushy pond, and various photographs of Whistler Village under early construction in the summer and winter (some with Whistler and Blackcomb Mountains in the background) and include the following buildings: Blackcomb Lodge, Fitzsimmons Lodge, and various buildings around the Village.

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  • GRI-01-31-003
  • File
  • January 1979 - February 1984
  • Part of Greg Griffith

Photographs of the interior of a deli and/or cafe, Village Square with Fitzsimmons Lodge in the foreground and Blackcomb Mountain in the background, views of the inside of a restaurant and bar with many patrons and live music, exterior views of the Executive Inn & Suites with many skis leaning outside, the early construction of Whistler Village in 1980, with Clocktower Building, Executive Inn & Suites, and the Conference Centre under construction, and a helicopter installing chairlift towers on Blackcomb Mountain.

1974-2007

Photographs of skiing, ski racing, Slush Cup, mountain views, chairlifts, Whistler Village construction, Whiski Jack, aerial views of the Whistler Valley, summer activities at Alta Lake, windsurfing, music events, costumes, dancing, the Torchlight Parade, fireworks, Willie Whistler, hot air balloons, the Jazz Festival, Whistler Conference Centre, Whistler Village, kayaking on the Cheakamus River, Lakes, apres ski, ice sculptures, a fire at The Keg, pubs, restaurants, Toilet Bowl, Whistler Mountain, Blackcomb Mountain, cross-country skiing, gondolas, horse-drawn carriage rides, Upper Village, Eco Challenge, freestyle skiing, Kids Kamp on Blackcomb Mountain, dogsledding, fishing, paragliding, resort development, Longhorn Saloon, Howe Sound, helicopters installing chairlifts, grooming, cabins, condominiums, Pika's Restaurant, Christine's Restaurant, juggling, Burnt Stew Basin, Sun Bowl, Ridge Run, Black Tusk, people skiing dressed up as members of the OJ Simpson trial, bear awareness signs, Telemark Place, Whistler Golf Course, 7th Heaven, Peak Chair, snowmen, creeks, Roundhouse Lodge, Green Lake, Lost Lake, Alpha Lake, Nita Lake, Joffre Lakes, and Garibaldi Lake.

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  • GRI-01-33-018
  • File
  • November 1979 - September 1987
  • Part of Greg Griffith

Photographs of apres ski at the Longhorn Saloon and Grill with a crowd of people and musicians on stage, people dogsledding on a frozen lake [possibly near Pemberton], windsurfing on both the ocean and a lake, kayaking from the perspective of a kayaker, a man standing in a river fly-fishing, early construction views of Whistler Village (one has Mount Sproatt in the background and includes buildings: Fitzsimmons Lodge, and Rainbow Building), someone paragliding with an air trike, someone fishing next to a creek, Blackcomb Mountain looking down from the top, and two musicians (violin and guitar) performing on a stage at the base of Whistler Mountain.

Captions:
001: "APRÉS - SKI - LONGHORN"
005: "M.YOODS"

1974-2007

Photographs of mountain views, Whistler Mountain, Blackcomb Mountain, aerial views of the mountains and Whistler Village, snowy landscapes of creeks and trees, Whistler Village and Telemark Place construction, Wedge Mountain, Mt. Weart, Alta Lake, Green Lake, Cheakamus Lake, Alpha Lake, Nita Lake, the Saudan Couloir, Stephanie Sloan posing on Whistler Mountain, snowboarding, Christmas lights in Whistler Village, Upper Village, The Gables, Whistler Golf Course, Fitzsimmons Creek, heli-skiing, Rendezvous Lodge, skiing, sunsets, sunrises, alpenglow, chairlifts, Mt. Sproatt, Rainbow Mountain, cross-country skiing, Fitzsimmons Chair from the Village to Blackcomb Mountain, Solar Coaster, Wizard Chair, Magic Chair, Whistler Peak, Blueberry Hill, Village Square, River of Golden Dreams, cycling, Howe Sound, 1993 Molson World Cup Downhill, Labatts World Cup Freestyle Championship, Glacier Bowl, Blackcomb Glacier, Burnt Stew Basin, Crystal Chair, Crystal Hut, skating on Alta Lake, Creekside, Function Junction aerial shot, Glacier Express Chair, Village North, Secret Bowl, Horstman Glacier, Jersey Cream Chair, and Lost Lake.

Transparencies

Photographs of Whistler and Blackcomb Mountains with the moon above and Whistler Village below, a snow-covered log cabin, Wedge Mountain and Mount Weart with Alta Lake below, and Whistler Village under construction with the Telemark Place and Tantalus condominiums.

1974-2007

Photographs of skiing, Molson Molstar ski races, the Great Snow Earth Water Race, Mountain Hosts, the construction of Whistler Village, chairlifts, ski school, skiers in costume at Easter, an avalauncher and avalanche control, helicopters, cabins, events, cycling, Whistler Golf Course and the Delta Mountain Inn, Rainbow Estates, Red Chair, the Gondola Barn in Creekside, cross-country skiing, Doc Fingers playing music, Willie Whistler, apres ski, Jim McConkey Ski Shop, tennis, canoeing, freestyle skiing at the Labatts World Cup Freestyle Championships, Roundhouse Lodge, windsurfing on Alta Lake, docks, picnics, hiking, running, glaciers, cats, the Garbage Dump, and Highway 99.

1974-2007

Photographs of skiing, snowboarding, backcountry skiing, Whistler Mountain, Garibaldi Provincial Park, Blackcomb Mountain, etc.

Negatives

Photographs of early Whistler Village (buildings include: Blackcomb Lodge, Hearthstone Lodge, Rainbow Building, Fitzsimmons Lodge, Crystal Lodge, and Mountainside Lodge).

Note: there is a corresponding contact sheet that is located with file GRI_01_40_027.

1974-1999

Photographs of restaurants, events, Tapley's Neighbourhood Pub anniversary in the year of 1981/1982, Trattoria di Umberto's grand opening of the restaurant, the Cheakamus Challenge mountain bike race, people dining at the Black Forest Restaurant, professional drivers with Porsche cars, tennis and sunbathing at Whistler Resort and Club, helicopters installing chairlifts, Whistler Mountain, group portraits, construction and early development of Whistler Village, skiing on Whistler Mountain and Blackcomb Mountain, camping near a lake, and the grand opening of Blackcomb Mountain.

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