Photographs of the cover of Skier's Magazine for September/October 1963 showing Willy Schaeffler and Franz Wilhelmsen at Whistler Mountain, the village during construction, Mayor Pat Carleton opening Blackcomb Mountain for business at 9am on Thursday, December 4, 1980 (He cut the ribbon attached to a chair on Lift #2 with a chainsaw), Pat Carleton giving the first chair of skiers on Blackcomb a push, Franz Wilhelmsen and Jim McConkey posing at Whistler Mountain with a few others, Late construction stages of Tyrol Lodge, and a kids ski camp on Whistler Mountain.
Photographs of people working on chairlift construction, Franz Wilhelmsen posing for a photo on skis, a member of ski patrol, skiers near a chairlift, and a Whistler Mountain Ski Patrol sign.
Photographs taken by the late Kelvin Fenwick (who passed away in 2003) from his time working for Whistler Mountain in avalanche control and alpine construction. Includes photographs from 1976-1991 of avalanches, construction near Roundhouse on Whistler Mountain, aerial views of the valley, Toni Sailer Summer Ski Camp, a mountaintop lunch, freestyle skiing, a wildfire, Whistler Bowl, and Whistler Peak.
Booklet titled "British Columbia Mountain Resorts" published by the Province of British Columbia in 1983. The booklet shares images and statistics about tourism in mountain resorts in BC. Sections include: The Travel Industry Development Subsidiary Agreement (TIDSA), Ski Lifts, the Mountain Village concept, On-Mountain beds, Whistler, construction employment, operation employment, skier visits, gross revenues, and a mountain resort map.
Photographs of the beach at Quadra Island, a group portrait of 'the girls' at the beach at Quadra, and the construction of a partition wall of a new house.
Captions: 001: "Beach at Quadra Is[land] - Aug[ust] [19]53 - Supreme Norm[adol]" 002: "Girls on Beach at Quadra - Aug[ust] [19]53 - Mary Brown - Jo Yard - Mrs. Rose - Estelle Rose - Supreme Norm[adol]" 003: "Francisco Point - House Partition Wall - Aug[ust] [19]53 - Russ Yard - Dick Chambers - Jim Irving - Norm[adol]" 004: "Francisco Point - House Partition Wall - Aug[ust] [19]53 - George Rose - Jim Irving - Bob Irving - Norm[adol]"
[Normadol refers to Ansco Normadol fine grain developer, used to develop the photos.]
Materials created by the Sabre Group of companies originally owned by Art de Duyf, including Sabre Excavation and Sabre Rentals. Includes photographs of Whistler Village development taken by Sabre Excavation between 1979 and 1998.
Legal-size sheet titled "Adventures West Village" that shares the development summary and plan for operating the condominiums planned for the East side of Alta Lake [only Stage 1 was completed].
Contents:
Staged Development Program
Price and Estimated Operating Costs of Condominium Units