Photographs including but not limited to portraits; ski gear; Fire Dept.; cross-country skiing; shoveling; Keg Challenge
Appears in February 7 , 1985 issue:
02-379-23. Pg. 3. Caption: [top] Ken Domries (right) shows Paul Grilles (Middle) and Glen Mitchell how to operate the Whistler Volunteer Fire Department's ladder truck.
02-379-25. Pg. 3. Caption: [bottom] The $20,000 LTI pumps out 4,500 litres a minute of water and is usually operated by a five-man crew
02-379-42. Pg. 6. Caption: Benno Jaeger, from Benno's Cross-Country Ski World, teach as group of beginners the fundamentals of cross-country skiing Saturday in the old playing field adjacent Myrtle Philip School. Cross-country ski lessons are available seven days a week from Benno's. Jaeger is also planning a mixed cross-country relay race from Sunday, Feb. 17 on the soccer field. There will be no charge for the event which will feature men and women competing in a fun event against each other.
02-379-66. Pg. 16. Caption: Doug Sack portrait.
02-379-7. Pg. 20. Caption: Grand prize winner, Paul Burrows (right), receive his pair of Blizzard Quattro skis from Nigel Woods, president of Coastal Mountain.
02-379-62. Pg. 24. Caption: Nick Leuchte, Macaulay Nicolls Maitland International.
02-379-48. Pg. 28. Caption: [left] Corporate Cup participants showed their creativity Saturday in the snow sculpture competition held on the Myrtle Philip School playing field. (Left) The team from Envirocon placed first in the snow sculpture with their version of a Kelt in a Mug.
02-379-57. Pg. 28. Caption: [right] Paper Dolls from Pacific Press sneaked into third with their version of a Nude in a Bathtub.
02-379-14. Pg. 29. Caption: Corporate Cup teams ran, hopped, slide and jumped through an obstacle course wearing snowshoes Saturday in Myrtle Philip School.
02-379-11. Pg. 30. Caption: [left] Max Wing, Skier, Club Cabins.
02-379-4. Pg. 30. Caption: [middle] Delmar Page, Bartender, Function Junction.
02-379-31. Pg. 30. Caption: [bottom] Whistler Mountain day skiers stand in line Saturday for refunds after the power to the north side lift system went out of commission. Inconvenienced skiers were given refunds, food vouchers, and hot drinks while the mountain's staff coaxed the lifts into operation again.

Personal photos belonging to Franz Wilhelmsen, comprising:

Photos from Philip Wilhelmsen’s family album:

• Franz with Annette and various other people, [1980s-1990s]
• Franz and Stefan Ples. Caption on verso: “Dad/Stephan[sic] Ples”
• Franz and another man standing next to a helicopter
• Black and white photograph. Caption on verso: “Dad & Crown Princess Martha, 1942”

Skiing photographs:

• Franz skiing with Pierre Trudeau and Jim McConkey [1970s]. Caption on verso: “McConkey/Trudeau/Dad”
• Four people in skis sitting on a bench, March 1977

Ship photograph:

• Nitinat. Caption: “Dad’s First Coastal Water Enterprise” [1950s]. The Nitinat was a ship, part of Franz’s first business venture after the war.

Captioned photographs:

• Four people in skis sitting on a bench. Caption: “ ‘One of the [Lawman] Annie Benches’ – The plank would be raised as the snow deapth [sic] increased. Invented by Annette Wilhelmsen, to the right in her canary suit.”
• Douglas McKay Brown, Franz Wilhelmsen, Eric Beardmore and Annette Wilhelmsen boarding a train. Caption: “Spring 1961, early morning boarding on P.G.E. Railway for exploring around Alta Lake: Douglas McKay Brown, Vancouver Solicitor, Franz, Eric Beardmore who built the first hotel at Whistler, the Cheakamus Inn, and Annette Wilhelmsen.”
• The old Stud Sawmill. Caption: “This is what was left of the old stud sawmill in the Valley by 1960.”

Holiday card photographs

Negatives:

• Early Whistler, 1961-1962
• Franz Wilhelmsen
• Boarding the train
• Standing by a helicopter

Photographs of Roundhouse, a newspaper article of Pierre Elliott Trudeau visiting Whistler Mountain, and skiers posing.

Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau and his servicemen boarding a helicopter to Whistler in Vancouver in the 1970s.

Material related to Dave MacPhail's ski boot-fitting, including a letter from Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau thanking him for his boot-fitting skills, articles about Rob Boyd's boot-fitting, and a signed photograph of Steve Podborski addressed to Dave MacPhail (likely as a thank-you for boot-fitting).

Photographs of Whistler Village from the early to mid 1980s showing Whistler Mountain and Red Chair in the background and Whistler Village in the foreground, Stephanie Sloan in the early 1980s skiing on Blackcomb Mountain, the Fitzsimmons Lodge in Whistler Village with a crowd enjoying apres-ski and Blackcomb Mountain in the background, an aerial view of Whistler Village in the early 1980s with Blackcomb and Whistler Mountain in the background, Village Square in the winter with Fitzsimmons Lodge, Blackcomb Lodge, and Crystal Lodge in the background, Roundhouse on Whistler Mountain in the spring with a crowd enjoying apres-ski and the sun, and a photograph of Pierre Trudeau and his son skiing on Blackcomb Mountain in 1984.

Captions:
002: "STEPHANIE SLOAN - EARLY 80'S ON BLACKCOMB MTN: NO CROWDS?"
003: "APRES SKI IN VILLAGE - MID 1980'S"
004: "WHISTLER VILLAGE IN MID 1980'S WITH BLACKCOMB MTN"
007: "ROUNDHOUSE IN SPRING - EARLY 80'S"
008: "WHISTLER VILLAGE + WHISTLER MTN - MID 1980'S"
009: "WHISTLER VILLAGE - APPROX 1985"
010: "PIERRE TRUDEAU & SON ON BLACKCOMB 1984"

Photographs of a crowd of skiers at Roundhouse Lodge on Whistler Mountain in May 1980, a cross-country skiing race in January 1979, a line at the gondola lift in January 1980, people hiking up to Whistler Peak in April 1978, people skiing Whistler's back bowls in March 1979, Pierre Trudeau and Franz Wilhelmsen skiing on Whistler Mountain in April 1979, someone spring skiing on Whistler Mountain in March 1979, a belly flop contest at Christiana Inn in May 1978, a sunbather on a dock at Lost Lake in July 1974, a kayaking race on the Cheakamus River in July 1978, the Saudan Couloir Extreme Race on Blackcomb Mountain, and the Whistler World Cup including skiers: Guenther Mader, Werner Franz, Zachary Crist, Kjetil Andre Aamodt, Rob Boyd, and [Regme Cavagioud?].

Captions:
001: "SPRING CROWD ROUNDHOUSE, W.M MAY 80"
002: "X-C. SKI RACE JAN, 79"
003: "GONDOLA LIFT LINE JAN '80"
004: "HIKE UP TO WHISTLER AP. '78"
005: "WHISTLER BACK BOWLS MAR, 79"
006: "PIERRE TRUDEAU + FRANZ WILHELMSEN WHISTLER AP. 79'"
007: "SPRING SKIING, WHISTLER MAR, 79"
008: "BELLY FLOP CONTEST CHRISTIANA INN MAY, 78"
009: "LOST LAKE, JULY 74"
010: "PIERRE TRUDEAU, PM WHISTLER APRIL, 79"
011: "KYAK [sic] RACE CHEAKAMUS RIVER JULY, 78"
012: "Whistler World Cup Skier: GUENTHER MADER (AUT)"
013: "Whistler World Cup Skier: WERNER FRANZ"
014: "Couloir Extreme Race Blackcomb"
015: "Whistler World Cup Skier: ZACHARY CRIST (US)"
016: "Telemark World Championships Whistler, B.C."
017: "Telemark World Championships Whistler, b.C."
018: "Whistler World Cup Skier: KJETIL ANDRE AAMODT"
019: "ROB BOYD - WINNER W.C.O.H. 1988"
020: "Whistler-World-Cup>D.H. Racer: [Regme Cavaguoud?]