Two Resort Municipality of Whistler newsletters from February 1979 and March 1981 sent to the Alpine Club of Canada Vancouver Section. The issues were read and used by the Section executive of the Club and were previously part of the Section archive.

The newsletters broach subjects including regarding a Garibaldi Lift Company announcement to develop the North Face of Whistler Mountain, the rights to develop Blackcomb Mountain by Fortress Mountain Resorts Ltd, the sod turning ceremony of the Town Core [Whistler Village], announcement for a contract for underground parking, the announcement that Arnold Palmer Enterprises set to design an 18 hole golf course [Whistler Golf Course], the Whistler Volunteer Fire Department, private water systems, the Information Center, thank-yous to council members, welcomes to newly elected council members, highway improvements to the north, subdivision paving, overnight camping, Health Center and ambulance service, efforts to establish an R.C.M.P detachment, establishment of a ski train, television and radio reception, bylaws to control dogs and noise, taxes, establishing a municipal works yard, employee housing, schools, road maintenance, garbage service, zoning, recreational facilities, legal costs, budgets, flooding, gas utilities, Municipal Hall, bus transportation, Sunday shopping, construction, the cemetery, and the Cheakamus River.

Photographs of skiing, snowboarding, backcountry skiing, Whistler Mountain, Garibaldi Provincial Park, Blackcomb Mountain, etc.

Photographs of Whistler's municipal council (Pat Carleton, Kris Shoup, Sid Young, Terry Rodgers, Mark Angus, Doug O'Mara), Ski Esprit, the Vancouver Ski Team, Umberto's Cup Airline Challenge ski race, Ken Wesman paintings, the opening of Le Gros (Pascal Tiphine's restaurant), Whistler Village, catskiing, a party at Roundhouse Lodge celebrating the opening of its new deck, the opening of The Keg restaurant, the Longhorn Saloon & Grill, portraits, group portraits, the fire department outside the Fire Hall, paramedics and emergency services, trampolining at Adventures West for Toni Sailer Summer Ski Camp, sailing and canoeing on Alta Lake, avalanches, signs, Peak Chair, Whistler Bowl, street entertainment in Whistler Village, Whistler Peak, Crystal Ridge, Crystal Ridge Hut, and Whistler Express Gondola.

Fonds contain the records of Don MacLaurin. MacLaurin was involved in the forestry industry of British Columbia, taught at BCIT, and was heavily involved with the Resort Municipality of Whistler. He was in several forestry associations, including the Canadian Institute of Forestry, British Columbia Foresters, and the Forest Nursery Association of British Columbia. MacLaurin created the Whistler Interpretive Forest. MacLaurin also completed assessments for private developers. Included in the fonds are his personal records.

Most of the records were created in the Whistler region.

Series includes documents concerning Don MacLaurin's involvement with the Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW). Documents include various aspects of the RMOW, including tourism, upkeep, financial records, and environmental impact.

Documents concerning the 2004 Legends of Whistler nominations. File includes filled out nomination forms; correspondence regarding the Legends of Whistler.

Documents concerning fisheries in the Whistler area. File includes an agenda for a Whistler Fisheries Stewardship Group meeting; bound document titled "Fish Inventory of Whistler Area: Recommendations for Future Use"; bound document titled "Whistler Region Fisheries Stewardship Plan: December 1996"; fish habitat report and recommendations; edited draft of "Whistler Region Recreational Fisheries Proposal" from 1995; Whistler Fisheries Stewardship Group volunteer stream surveys from 2001; executive summary titled "Whistler Region Recreational Fisheries Management Plan"; correspondence regarding fish passages.

Note: This file consists of two folders.

Documents concerning urban development in Whistler. The file includes information on a residential subdivision west of Alta Lake; a draft of "The Resort Municipality of Whistler Guidelines for Development of Accommodation on Difficult Terrain"; RMOW Official Community Plan maps; photocopies from an information booklet on Whistler history.

News clippings and articles from 1995-1996, related to the Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW), as well as general articles relating to Whistler.

News clippings and articles from 1996-1997, related to the Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW), as well as general articles relating to Whistler.