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Photographs of the River of Golden Dreams in winter, a model posing at Wedgemount Lake, an aerial shot of 7th Heaven in winter, and an aerial shot of Blackcomb Glacier.

Mammals of the Alta Lake Region of South-western British Columbia booklet

A booklet entitled "Mammals of the Alta Lake Region of South-western British Columbia" by Kenneth Racey and Ian McTaggart Cowan. The booklet is noted to be "reprinted without change of paging from the report of the Provincial Museum, 1935". Contains a description of the Alta Lake region including weather patterns, vegetation and the surrounding mountains. Provides descriptions of 1-2 paragraphs for each of the 42 mammals present in the Alta Lake region. Also includes five plates of black and white photographs of the landscape in the area.
Pictures are titled as following:
-"Looking south from Mount Overlord, Black Tusk at right, Mount Corrie and Cheakamus Glacier in centre."
-"Looking north from shoulder of Mount Overlord, peak of Overlord and Fitzsimmons Glacier at right, Mount Trorey at left - Hudsonian and Arctic Zones.
-"Nita Lake, altitude 2,100 feet - Canadian Zone coniferous forest".
-"Timber-line in Avalanche (Singing) Pass, looking north; Blackcomb Peak in background across Fitzsimmons Valley."
-"Cheakamus Lake and Glacier."
-"Cheakamus Canyon - Canadian Zone forest, western cedar and western hemlock predominating."
-"Devil's-club in Sitka spruce bottom-land - Canadian Zone."
-"Alta Creek and brushy meadow-land at north end of Alta Lake - brush is willow and red alder."
-"Alta Lake from the west, Wedge Mountain at extreme right."
-"Winter nest of Phenacomys olympicus."
-"Alpine meadow habitat of Phenacomys, Synaptomys, and Microtus richardsoni."

Whistler: A Video Memory

  • WA_1995_015-01-001
  • File
  • 1989-1995
  • Part of Raine Fonds

A film that acts as a tourist souvenir and overview of Whistler's mountains and its resort area.

Olympic Venue Maps & Collages

Posters displaying maps and photo collages of the planning and construction of Whistler's 2010 Winter Olympic Games venues, including the Whistler Sliding Centre, the Nordic Centre in the Callaghan, and the ski runs to be used for races.

001: "Whistler Blackcomb 2010 Olympic Venue Locations" [Map] - 2002
002: [2 copies] "2010 Nordic Competition Venue - July-October, 2005" [documents construction via photo collage]
003: [2 copies] "Whistler Sliding Centre - July-August, 2005" [documents construction via photo collage]

Sunday February 21, 1982 Page 3

A full page article from The Magazine newspaper on Sunday, February 21, 1982 on page three. The article is entitled "Now here's the $24- million question: Will the world be wowed by Whistler?" The article previews the World Cup Downhill race featuring the Crazy Canucks, the promotion of Whistler as a world class resort, and the real estate development taking place in Whistler Village..

Whistler Village Report, Issue Number Two, December 1978 + duplicate

The Whistler Village Report published by Whistler Village from December 1978. Articles are entitled: "Where We've Been ... and Where We're Going," "Joint Government Agreement Gives Whistler $9 Million," "Blackcomb Mountain Development Begins," "Snow Unseasonably Slow at Whistler," "Developments Proceed With Set Schedule," and "New Council Sworn In."

The articles are about the subjects of the history of Whistler as a resort town and the building of Whistler Village, the Whistler Village log, a 9 million dollar grant from the federal and provincial governments for resort development and town planning, the development of Blackcomb Mountain, the unseasonably slow snow, the seasonal schedule for development in Whistler and the new council for the Resort Municipality of Whistler being sworn in.

1 Duplicate.

Blackcomb Mountain Summer Nature Program

Documents found in a folder labelled "Blackcomb Mountain Summer Nature Program". File includes Blackcomb Mountain tour stop notes; notes on plants and vegetation; information flyers on Blackcomb Mountain resort; a Blackcomb Mountain magazine; draft text of article titled "High Level Magic" regarding Blackcomb Mountain chairlifts; hiking trail tips and directions handouts titled "Blackcomb Hiking Companion"; copy of a Blackcomb Summer Survey; "Summer Safety on Blackcomb Mountain" handout; Blackcomb Mountain "Summer Magic" activities summaries and invitations; drawn diagrams of Blackcomb Mountain; a Blackcomb Mountain news release; bound copy of a 1988 Naturalist Tours manual with associated notes; Blackcomb reporting lines and trail notes; photocopies of topographical maps.

Posters

Posters from Whistler and Blackcomb, advertising races and ski school programs. From the estate of Jim Cook

Slides

Photographs of Joe Lammers skiing Whistler Peak and Cake Hole, Olivier Roy snowboarding Blackcomb Mountain, Greg Daniels snowboarding Whistler Mountain and 7th Heaven on Blackcomb Mountain, John Kindree skiing Sun Bowl, a snow-covered building in Rainbow Park [Rainbow Lodge?], Dave Gauley skiing Blackcomb Peak, Tim Rickli skiing Whistler Peak, Flute Shoulder in Symphony Bowl, Glacier Creek Lodge with skiers and Jersey Cream Chair in the foreground, a sunrise or sunset over a mountain, a skier in mid-air, and Clocktower Building in Whistler Village under snow.

Captions:
001: "Whistler Cique [sic] cliffs Whistler Peak Skier:Joe Lammers"
002, 013: "Whistler, B.C. Peak. Skier:Joe Lammers"
003: "Rider: Oliver Roy Blackcomb B.C."
004: "Snowboarding Whistler Rider:Greg Daniells"
005: "Whistler, B.C. Rider:Greg "Cheezeball" Daniells"
008, 010: "Sun Bowl Whistler Mt. Skier: John Kindree"
009: "Rainbow Park Whistler, B.C."
011: "Blackcomb Peak Skier:Dave Gauley
012: "Whistler-Winter The Cake-hole Whistler Skier:Joe Lammers"
014: "Whistler, B.C. Peak. Skier:Tim Rickli"
015: "Winter/Blackcomb/Ski Blackcomb Mtn. 7th Heaven Snowboard: Greg Daniels [sic]"
016: "Flute Shoulder Symphony Bowl Whistler Mt."
017: "Glacier Creek Rest. Blackcomb"
018: "Clearing Storm Whistler Mt."

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