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1975-1997

Photographs of various golf courses in the Sea-to-Sky region, the Chateau Whistler Resort, aerial shots of the Whistler valley, hiking, mountain biking, canoeing, rafting, Whistler Mountain, Blackcomb Mountain, lakes, changes from autumn to winter, Alta Lake, Wedge Mountain, hiking, climbing in Squamish, Alta Lake, Green Lake, fishing, fly-fishing, windsurfing, trains, the Columbia River Gorge in Oregon, Squamish, and mountain views.

Week of October 11, 1978

Photographs including but not limited to Rotary Club meeting; Railway station and tracks; boats on Alta Lake; cars; Pat Carleton; Premier Bennett
02-034-06. Pg. 1. Caption: Premier Bennett talks to Mayor Pat Carleton beside the train tracks while the Press look on.
02-034-17. Pg. 7. Caption: The Question truck (and several students) get a thorough soaping down!
02-034-04. Pg. 7. Caption: Mayor Carleton beside the Whistler railroad station resplendent with new sign, flags and flowers in preparation for Premier Bennett's visit on Oct. 3.
02-034-15. Pg. 10. Caption: Community Service Director Drew Meredith points out the location of trails to be identified by the Whistler Rotary Club.

Week of September 27, 1978

Photographs including but not limited to Garibaldi construction; chairlift construction; Orange Chair on Whistler Mountain; 19 Mile Creek bridge work; "Little Red" Chair construction; Blackcomb Mountain access road
02-036-09. pg.5. Caption: Top drive station of the new "Little Red" chairlift being built at the top of Whistler Ski area.

Week of April 11, 1979

Photographs including but not limited to Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau's visit to Whistler Mountain; Skiing; Winter construction; freestyle skiing; Grouse Mountain Vancouver; the Posie Shoppe
02-014-33 on pg. 1. Caption: Prime Minister Trudeau a the bottom of the Olympic Run after a hard day's ski-ing on Whistler.
02-014-01 appears in April 18, 1979 issue on pg. 10 [L]: Caption: Don't look too closely! Highways crews work on a "suspended" section of the Cheakamus Canyon highway held up by logs.
02-014-26 on pg. 10. Caption: Some of the crumpled railcars and twisted track at the scene of the B.C.R. derailment.
02-014-52 on pg. 12. Caption: Champion Eaves exhibits fine form during the Labatt's World Cup Freestyle Aerials at Grouse.
02-014-10 on pg. 17. Caption: Highlands Mall and the Highlander Hotel as seen from the new Highway #99.
02-014-46 on pg. 20. Caption: The interior of the Highlands Mall showing the tropical plants in the mall itself.

F. Eye Town Center '79

Photographs of Tokum Corners, the Pacific Great Eastern Railway, Alta Lake (3/2/67/19), building Whistler Village, and the original Dusty’s in Creekside (3/2/67/27).

Week of May 22, 1980

Photographs including but not limited to Granville Market; Great Earth Snow Water Race; school show with dancing; running; houses; golfing; railway; Village Construction
02-114-159. Pg. 1. Caption: [top] TOWN CENTRE Progress -- forms and steel of the Resort Centre show substantial progress from last week...
02-114-132. Pg. 1. Caption: [bottom] while (below) Mountain Inn site lies deserted with no apparent progess.
02-114-120. Pg. 5. Caption: Bill Hoosen doles out the beer at the Mayday Sunday barbecue.
02-114-. Pg. 6. Caption: Pemberton students go through dance routine during "Wall Street".
02-114-67. Pg. 7. Caption: Too young for bridge. Don Willoughby keeps an eye on Christopher Forrest and daughter Jocelyn at May Day Games Night.
02-114-92. Pg. 8. Caption: [top left] Cyclist moves through Gondola area at Start
02-114-122. Pg. 8. Caption: [bottom left] The last place White Gold Inn celebrates finishing in an amazing 3 hours, 15 minutes
02-114-137. Pg. 8-9. Caption: [canoe] One of the Burnt Stew Beaver Canoe team splash ashore after the Green Lake relay.
02-114-114. Pg. 8-9. Caption: [middle] The winning Helvetia team, Heinz Zurcher, Kaarina Engelbrecht, Franz Bislin, Kathy Zurcher and Josef Bislin.
02-114-145. Pg. 9. Caption: [top right] Canoeist heads for shore to meet runner at Fitzsimmons delta.
02-114-28. Pg.9. Caption: [bottom] One gone, many to go at Green Lake start point.
02-114-107. Pg. 9. Caption: [bottom right] The last few steps for second place ALSC 'A' at the school grounds.
02-114-22. Pg. 8-9. Caption: [runner w/skis] Franz Bislin runs into wave of applause after completing 'snow' portion of race for Helvetia in just over 16 minutes.
02-114-2. Pg. 12. Caption: middle left Ms. K. Francis stands along with the successful students that completed the Babysitting course: Cara Thien, Pam Thatcher, Heidi Twa, Rya Kirkwood, Brent Valleau, Tanya Hately, Shawna Stange.
02-114-61. Pg. 12. Caption: top Chris Carson give his rendition of "Bobby McGee" with help from Scott Richard, Greg Beauregard, Matt Satre, Marcello Gianna, Mr. Marshall and and all-girl chorus.
02-114-50. Pg. 12. Caption: middle right Who's having the most fun? the audience of the puppeteers? Hard to tell!
02-114-49. Pg. 12. Caption: bottom [Puppeteers]
02-114-127. Pg. [16] or back cover. Caption: GERONIMO! May Day Madness crowd gathers to watch two of six skydivers fall to earth at Myrtle Philip school. The Abbotsford Skydiver's drew hoots and applause from the 2500 attending the BBQ and other activities.

Whistler

Photographs of Pacific Great Eastern Railway tracks, Tower 18, Red Chair, and a ski run light board.

Week of September 23, 1980

Photographs including but not limited to construction; roads; awards; Pat Carleton; passenger train; cars; kayaking; railway tracks
Appears in September 25, 1980 issue:
02-163-17. Pg. 1. Caption: [top] Looking up the liftline under Blackcomb's Lift Number Two portal tower.
02-163-56. Pg. 1. Caption: [bottom left] Bennett poses with some Myrtle Philip students
02-163-54. Pg. 1. Caption: [bottom right] While (right) Mayor Carleton accepts a plaque commemorating the visit.
02-163-30. Pg. 3. Caption: Resort Centre site will soon be shut down for winter until spring.
02-163-5. Pg. 4. Caption: [left] Trench where cable was struck causing last week's short power outage.
02-163-11. Pg. 4. Caption: [right] Steve Smeridge, Animal Control Officer.
02-163-89. Pg. 5. Caption: [top] Top: Kayak is totally submerged at this portion of the course.
02-163-72. Pg. 5. Caption: [bottom] Bottom: Doing an 'ender' on a hole for fun after the competition.
02-163-75. Pg. 6. Caption: [right] [Squatter's cabin] until last Sunday when it burned to the ground.
02-163-94. Pg. 7. Caption: Garibaldi's Brian Allen whips through the foam of the Cheakamus in the B.C. Kayak Championships.
02-163-66. Pg. 8. Caption: [top] Chris Stethem
02-163-16. Pg. 8. Caption: [bottom] The Blackcomb Daylodge with Lift One in the distance.
02-163-14. Pg. 9. Caption: [bottom] While (below) crews hydro-seed the Blackcomb Access Road.
02-163-26. Pg. 10. Caption: [top] Franz and Annette Wilhelmsen admire new Whistler' pin while Hastings West president Ken Tolmie, Peter Alder and Trudi Salmhofer look on.
02-163-19. Pg. 10. Caption: [bottom] Peter Alder presents the plaque to Mr. & Mrs. Wilhelmsen.
02-163-34. Pg. [16]. Caption: [top right] B.C. CABINET AT WHISTLER (left) Mayor Carleton greets Premier Bill Bennett and Labour Minister Allan Williams as they get off the train.
02-163-46. Pg. [16]. Caption: [bottom right] (Below) The Mayor shows the Town Centre off to (l to r) Health Minister McLelland, Premier Bennett, Mrs. Aubrey Bennett, Provinicial Secretary Hugh Curtis, & Labour Minister Allan Williams.

Jarvis + Whistler, lumber

Photographs of the Pacific Great Eastern railway at Chaplinville, Alta Lake, George Benjamin’s truck, a shed in Chaplinville (3/2/81/46), Whistler Lodge, and the train carrying logs and cut lumber.

Week of May 1, 1980

Photographs including but not limited to skiing; golfing; Meager Creek Hot Springs; Construction; Railway tracks
02-118-54. Pg. 1. Caption: A golfer drives one off the third tee at the Whistler Golf Course against a backdrop of the Blackcomb ski runs during the Bob Parson's Memorial Golf Tournament (results on page 6).
02-118-58. Pg. 4. Caption: Nester's residents won't have any speeders in their neighbourhood if they can help it. And to help them are large to dangerous-sized boulders strewn about the roadway in an attempt to slow drivers to a crawl.
02-118-51. Pg. 5. Caption: This temporary decking on the bridge over Fitzsimmons Creek on the Blackcomb access road will be replaced during May by a full width concrete surface.
02-118-60. Pg. 7. Caption: Chauffeur Chris Speedie and assistant Rod McLeod take the golf course refreshment buggy around the course at the Bob Parson's Memorial Golf Tournament.
02-118-5. Pg. 13. Caption: Public Safety Building stands at the far end of the lot to be used at the Town Centre site for the 100-man trailer construction camp. The Public Safety Building's official opening is this Saturday (May 3).
02-118-45. Pg. 14. Caption: (Left to right) Minister of Tourism Pat Jordan chats with our Pat - Mayor Carleton -- at the Town Centre during a tour of the site and an explanation by the mayor of what is exactly going on at the busy construction site. With Honourable Minister and Mayr are Tourist ministry staff Joan Jarvis and George Plul.
02-118-1. Pg. [16] or back cover. Caption: Reinforcing steel rods shoot like weeds from the ground at the foundation site of the Mountain Inn. The first phase of the 300 room inn is in full swing with foundations to be poured soon. In the background is the Town Centre phase 1 construction.

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