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Week of July 20, 1981

Photographs including but not limited to baseball; Men's Fast Ball League; car accidents; Rotary Club; Whistler Mountain Chamber of Commerce; railway tracks; helicopters; skiing from the peak; mountain views; town planning; band; musicians playing a show; construction
Appears in July 23, 1981 issue:
02-173-101. Pg. 1. Caption: [top] Model of the re-designed Day Lodge, presented during the public hearing for permit approval.
02-173-119. Pg. 1. Caption: [bottom] Earl Hansen, new Director of Marketing and Public Relations for the Whistler Resort Association.
02-173-33. Pg. 3. Caption: Whistler Village parking! Wagon misses the parking lot on Wednesday evening. ending up in the newly landscaped garden.
02-173-46. Pg. 4. Caption: [top] The remainder of Janice Pidhiri's 1981 Toyota pick-up. Pidhiri was driving the vehicle along Westside Road at 12:30 am on July 15 when it went off a curve. Her passengers Donna McCaw of Elora, Ont. and Stephen Jones of Whistler suffered minor head injuries.
02-173-121. Pg 4. Caption: [bottom] Constable Brian Sowden -- the newest addition to Whistler's RCMP. Const. Sowden originally from Whitehorse, has transferred here from the Squamish detachment where he had been stationed for the past eight months. Const. Sowden says he 'skis on three kinds of skis' and is interested in all kinds of sports.
02-173-32. Pg. 6. Caption: [top] Bob Dawson and Neil Mawdsley unsuccessfully try to get a fly ball.
02-173-48. Pg. 8. Caption: [top] Herb and Jean Hepburn of Okanagan Produce, Vernon, managed to get in a few fruit sales before being asked to leave by municipal authorities.
02-173-116. Pg 8. Caption: [bottom] Chris Green, Laura d'Artois and J.G. Luckhurst at the Fireplace Inn opening party.
02-173-104 Pg. 9. Caption: And here he is! The mysterious Mr. B.A. Bell of Whistler slowly unpeels his talent -- much to the giggles and appreciation of his audience at the first Jock Contest held at Mountain House, July 20. With competition from Fast Eddie and Schultz, things looked mighty tough -- but then Peter Lamare took the floor and the $100 first prize.
02-173-45. Pg. 10. Caption: Rotary president Bob Brown is flanked by outgoing exchange students Susan Van Der Lee (left) and Allison Alder.
02-173-108. Pg. 11. Caption: Annette Ducharme, accompanied by Jamie Boyd, strummed out many a fine tune at JB's July 16-20 while Betsy Chaba took a temporary leave to entertain folks at the Folk Festival in Vancouver.
02-173-55. Pg. 14. Caption: Crews replace railroad crossing on the highway by the Whistler Industrial Park.
02-173-100. Pg. 16. Caption: Bruno Freschi, architect for the Day Lodge, points out recent changes to the building.

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.

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.

Photo Envelopes

Photographs including but not limited to construction of Town Hall, squatters at Jordan's Lodge, kayaking, Ski Patrol, the Pemberton rodeo, flood damage, skiing on Whistler Mountain, hang-gliding, Gelandesprung ski jump contest, competitive downhill ski races, recreational skiing, Tokum Corners, Toad Hall, windsurfing on Alta Lake, canoeing and kayaking on the River of Golden Dreams and Alta Lake, the avalauncher gun, avalanche control, the Pacific Great Eastern train, train tracks, maintenance, and during a snowstorm, fishing on Alta Lake, Gondola Barn in Creekside, chairlifts on Whistler Mountain, Roundhouse, Nancy Greene Summer Ski School, Molson World Cup Downhill 1984, landscapes of Whistler, Pemberton, Mount Currie Rodeo, salmon-smoking, and parties at Jordan's Lodge on Nita Lake.

Whistler

Photographs of Whistler Mountain, snow-covered trees, a man riding a bicycle next to the Pacific Great Eastern train tracks .

Snowy Whistler 2

Photographs of railway workers shovelling out a railway switch with a speeder in background, the frozen Alta Lake, Wedge Mountain, Red Chair overlooking [Tokum Corners], and skiing on Whistler Mountain.

B+W Dune

Photographs of a speeder on railway tracks, the Pacific Great Eastern train, Nita Lake, Jordan's Lodge, the Toad Hall back door covered with snow, the Toad Hall woodshed, Whistler Mountain, a stove at Toad Hall called 'Master Climax', and a bear eating garbage.

George Benjamin Fonds

  • Benjamin
  • Fonds
  • [1968-1991]

Photographs including but not limited to the Canadian Garibaldi Championships [1968], freestyle skiing, avalanche patrol, First Aid Ski Patrol, chairlifts, Pacific Great Eastern train, Toad Hall, helicopter landings, kayaking, Zube's Mushroom House, marijuana growing, the Crazy Canunks in Aspen, Franz Wilhelmsen skiing in 1982, Whistler aerials, Tokum Corners, summers at Lost Lake and Nita Lake, George Benjamin's family, construction of Town Hall, squatters at Jordan's Lodge, flood damage and landscapes, Pemberton rodeo, skiing on Whistler Mountain, hang-gliding, Gelandesprung ski jump contest, competitive downhill ski races, recreational skiing, windsurfing on Alta Lake, canoeing and kayaking on the River of Golden Dreams, avalauncher gun, Pacific Great Eastern maintenance and train during a snowstorm, fishing on Alta Lake, Gondola Barn in Creekside, chairlifts on Whistler Mountain, Roundhouse, Nancy Greene Summer Ski School, World Cup 1984, landscapes of Whistler, Pemberton, Mount Currie Rodeo, salmon smoking, and a party at Jordan's Lodge on Nita Lake.

Transparencies 001-003

Photographs of children sitting on a rail cart, Whistler Mountain officials showing Prince Philip a model of Whistler Mountain, and men giving a speech.

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