Photographs of Whistler Village development taken by Sabre Excavation Corp. between 1979 and 1998. Photographs include Garry Davies, Art den Duyf, and Hugh Smythe making a trip up Blackcomb Mountain to determine where the ski runs should go in 1979, Sabre Excavation completing the excavation of Village Square in Whistler Village in Spring 1979, Sabre completing snow-clearing in 1980, Sabre working on road construction near the Whistler Golf Course in 1980, Sabre Excavation working on the excavation of the site for the construction of the Westin Hotel in 1998, and Sabre excavating in the Creekside Village area.

Captions:
001: "Going up Blackcomb to determine where the ski runs should go - April [19]79 - L[eft] to R[ight :] ?, Garry Davies, Art den Duyf + Hugh Smythe"
002: "Sabre (Art den Duyf Pres) did the excavation of Whistler Village in Spring 1979 where the Drugstore, Grocery Store + Liquor stores were built."
003: "1980 - Sabre used to do all the snowclearing of the Village and subdivisions in Whistler before the RMOW took over."
004: "1980 - Sabre road construction - Whistler Golf Course - Opened in 1981 + redesigned by Arnold Palmer into 18 holes - opened in 1983."
005: "The Westin - Sabre did the excavation for the Westin Hotel (Cressey Dev. Corp.) - 1998"
006: "Sabre - Creekside Development - year?"

Minutebook for meetings of the Alta Lake Community Club from 1951-1985. Subjects discussed include holiday parties and dances, the purchasing of a projector, hosting films, Girl Guides and Cubs, memorial benches, the purchasing of a snowplow, logging, moving the Alta Lake School flagpole, fire safety, postal service, roads, Robbie Burns Night, fishing derbies, art lessons, theatre, Myrtle Philip's birthday, the Squamish Youth Choral, Blackcomb Ski Club, Rainbow Mountain ski hill, the Pacific Great Eastern Railway, TV's coming to the Whistler valley, building the Whistler Mountain Ski Club building, the formation of a ski club, the Mountain Rescue Group, Mount Whistler Lodge, Alta Lake Ratepayers Association, building a new school, physical education classes on the mountain, Cypress Lodge, donation to the Garibaldi Olympic Development Association, Highland Lodge, the Logger's Sports Day Parade, seasons passes for children, square-dancing, and badminton.

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.

Photographs of an event on the mountain with skiers and tables of food, a photographer taking photos of a ski racer at a start line on Whistler Mountain, skiers on a three-person chairlift as seen from underneath, people canoeing on Alta Lake, a group of skiers climbing up a mountain, Arnold Palmer speaking with someone on Whistler Golf Course, a ski racer on a race course for the Molson World Cup Downhill, the Springs grill and waterslide at night, Whistler Village at night in winter near Fitzsimmons and Blackcomb Lodges, people riding a three-person chairlift in summer, hang gliding equipment in a field with Clocktower Building and Delta Mountain Inn in the background, a wood-chopping and log-climbing competition [Squamish Days Logger Sports Festival?], early construction of Whistler Village, an aerial of early Whistler Village with Blackcomb Mountain in the background, and people playing hockey on a frozen lake.

Photographs of the construction of Whistler Village (buildings include: Fitzsimmons Lodge, Clocktower Building, Hearthstone Lodge, Blackcomb Lodge, Whistler Conference Centre, Mountainside lodge, and the Fire Hall), and windsurfing on Alta Lake.

Note: contact sheet corresponds with the negatives and also includes negatives from the next file, GRI_01_40_009.

Photographs of Whistler Village under construction including the Fire Hall, Rainbow and Blackcomb Lodges and the Clocktower Building and the Great Snow Earth Water Race.

Materials created by Sabre Excavation Corp., a company of Sabre Group originally owned by Art den Duyf. Includes photographs of Whistler Village development taken by Sabre Excavation between 1979 and 1998.

Photographs of Whistler Village under construction from 1978 and 1980 including from the point of view from the mountain down, and with views of the mountains in the background. Buildings under construction include: Executive Inn, Clocktower Building, Blackcomb Lodge, and Hearthstone Lodge.

Captions:
001-004: "Whistler Village Construction 1978-1980"

Photographs of the construction of Whistler Village (buildings include: Clocktower Building, Fitzsimmons Lodge, Hearthstone Lodge, Rainbow Building, Blackcomb Lodge, the Fire Hall, and Mountain Square/Skier's Plaza), the installation of a chairlift with views of the chairs lined on the ground, and someone installing cushions on the towers. Other photographs include early Whistler Village from a distance, ski runs being prepared, a helicopter installing [chairlift towers?], windsurfing on Alta Lake, and someone canoeing on [Alta Lake?].

Note: contact sheet corresponds to these negatives, as well as the negatives in the next file, GRI_01_40_011.

Photographs of Whistler Village under construction from 1978 and 1980, including from the point of view from the mountain down with mountains in the background, and an aerial view of the Village and ski runs. Buildings under construction include: Executive Inn, Clocktower Building, Blackcomb Lodge, Hearthstone Lodge, and the Conference Centre.

Captions:
001: "WHISTLER VILLAGE 1978"
002-004: "Whistler Village Construction 1978-80"