Typed notes and anecdotes from J'Anne Greenwood, the owner of 5690 Alta Lake Road, Lots 17 and 18. The same stories are laid out several different times in slightly different formats, and cover stories about train travel and how the family came to buy a lot of Alta Lake Road and a general family history.
Notes relating to 5714 Alta Lake Road, lots 10 and 11. Includes notes from a chat with Roger Stacey, correspondence with Florence and Andy Petersen, correspondence with Roger Stacey, and handwritten note from Ray Dove, and a memoir from Ray Dove about Woodbine Cottage.
Four sheets of handwritten narrative about 5730 Alta Lake Road, also known as Whispering Leaves. The narrative talks about the successive owners of the property and how the owners came and went form the Whistler area.
The Magic magazine released by Blackcomb Mountain, volume 1, spring 1988. Table of Contents: 3 The Art of the Grand Resort 5 A Passion for Building 2 The Blackcomb Vision 4 Summer Magic Articles include information on Myrtle and Alex Philip opening Rainbow Lodge, the development of the resort on Blackcomb Mountain, grand hotels at resorts like the Chateau Whistler, driving the Sea to Sky Highway, living in Whistler, summer activities, Bosa Development Corp. building Blackcomb Mountain, how Blackcomb Mountain's previous season went, and development of hotels on Blackcomb Mountain.
A collection of notes, photos, and book excerpts related to the first aircraft to land on Alta Lake in 1922, as well as the Brock family fatal aircraft accident beside Alta Lake in 1935. Also included is the Rainbow Lodge guest register from 1922.
Prints made from negatives taken by Myrtle Philip of the 1922 first landing on Alta Lake. The aircraft that landed was a Curtiss HS2L flying boat, flown by Earl Leslie "E.L." MacLeod and landed on Alta Lake on September 1, 1922.
Photograph of a group of people standing at Rainbow Station. Left to Right: Bob Jardine, Pat Woods, unknown, Myrtle Philip, Charlie Lundstrum, Betty Woods holding her son Kenny Woods, [Vern Lundstrum or Jack Woods], Alex Philip, and [Fred Woods].
The annotation on the verso reads "Bob Jardine, Pat Woods, about 1932; Myrtle Philip; Charlie Lundstrum; Betty Wood and Kenny; Vern Lundstrum; Alex Philip."