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 the 1989 Molson World Cup Downhill ski races. Includes downhill, telemark, and speed skiing races, podiums, and ceremonies.

Entire Subseries found in a folder labelled "RACING" by creator.

Photographs of fireworks at the Resort Municipality of Whistler's 20th Anniversary, Highway 99, swans on Alta Lake in the Winter, ceremonies in the village, and the 1989 World Cup of Downhill Skiing. Features racers Reid, Bill Johnson, Steve Podborski, and Ross Rebagliati.

Captions:
001: "WHISTLER'S 20TH ANNIVERSARY"
002: "FINISH - LAST RACE"
003: "REID"
004: "BILL JOHNSON"
005: "BEST-10 (4-COL.) SCAN TO LASER"
006: "PODBORSKI"
007: "PODBORSKI"
008: "DAVE MURRAY"
009: "ROSS REBAGLIATTI"
010: "ROSS REBAGLIATTI - WHISTLER SQUARE"
011: "HIGHWAY 99"
012: "HIGHWAY 99"
013: "HIGHWAY 99"
017: "Swans Alta Lake Whistler"

Documents pertaining to Arbour Day preparations, activities, and planning. Series includes correspondence regarding Arbour Day; financial documents; Arbour Day volunteer, planning, and plant material lists; correspondence regarding plant material purchases; order forms for plant material.

Documents pertaining to Arbour Day, 1991. File includes plant price quotations from Jones Nurseries Ltd. and Specimen Trees Wholesale Nurseries; correspondence and drafts regarding quotations; purchase order for Pacific Plants concerning Arbour Day plant material; plant lists; correspondence regarding Arbour Day planting groups; various plant and plant quantity lists; photocopies and keys of planting plans for Arbour Day tree planting; lists and notes regarding planting groups, titled "Arbor Day Community Groups Planting"; correspondence with Pacific Plants Inc. regarding plant deliveries; National Forest Week order forms; Arbour Day timelines; Community Coordinators' Information Forms; an announcement for a National Forest Week poster contest and related correspondence; a newsletter titled "1991 National Forest Week Update"; BC Forestry Association document titled "Guidelines for Planning National Forest Week Activities".

Note:
This file consists of three folders.

Purchase order for plant material from Pacific Plants had a post-it note reading "Check with Bill Barratt - this to be sent to Bruce? Check with Heidi - has Bruce been advised of PO #?"

Documents pertaining to Arbour Day, 1992. File includes an invitation from the RMOW to the Minister of Forests for the 1992 Whistler Arbour Day; plant material lists; Arbour Day Site lists; various correspondence concerning Arbour Day; diagrams or drafts of Arbour Day plans; Planting Stock notes; School Tour notes; Mountain FM interview notes; Don MacLaurin's "to-do" lists for Arbour Day planning; an Application for Special Event Permit; some notes, plant lists, and correspondence related to Arbour Day 1993; some notes, school tour itineraries, "to-do" lists, correspondence, site lists related to Arbour Day 1994.

The file also includes lists and correspondence related to Arbour Day 1995; budget notes and related correspondence; notes for a demonstration forest meeting;1992 National Forest Week Community Coordinators' Information Forms and Order Forms; correspondence regarding National Forestry Week and Arbour Day; handout titled "What to Do During National Forest Week"; announcement for a National Forest Week poster contest and related information; correspondence regarding a community tree planting program; final report titled "National Forest Week - 1991 'Tomorrow's Forests - Today's Challenge".

The file also includes Arbour Day display and event notes; Arbour Day organization meeting notes; inspection walk notes; correspondence regarding Arbour Day badges and associated drafts; sketched pruning map; Don MacLaurin's scheduling and "to-do" lists; planning notes; final preparation notes; contact information notes; copy of cheque from Millar Creek Developments Ltd.; Arbour Day trail, display, and planning notes and sketches; Arbour Day community groups planning and planting site notes; Arbour Day supplier and material lists.

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.

Items donated by Alison Apps (nee Racey), including the RMOW's Heritage Plan, Gondola Area Study, the building of Highway 99, and the procurement and maintenance of their plot of land near Wayside Park on Alta Lake, animal and bird pamphlets, and logging maps from the Whistler Valley.

Documents donated by the Racey family regarding the RMOW's Heritage Plan, Gondola Area Study, the building of Highway 99, and the procurement and maintenance of their plot of land near Wayside Park on Alta Lake. Donated by Alison Apps (nee Racey).

A daily calendar and planner entitled "A Local's Guide to the 2010 Olympic Games". It includes tips for planning around the Olympic Games, as well as information on how access the events and torch relays, with a focus on February and March of 2010. It also includes maps and information on what's happening in and around Whistler is 2010, a short history of the Olympic journey, and interesting facts. The planner is divided into Live, Work and Play sections to provide locals with helpful information.

Table of Contents:
4-9 Journey to the Games: A Dream Realized
10-11 January Tips
12-13 February Month at a Glance
14-69 February Day-by-Day
70-71 March Tips
72-73 March Month at a Glance
74-92 March Day-by-Day
93-104 Live: Living the Dream, Local Tips, Top 3 Q & A, The Important Stuff, The Ultimate Daypack, Transportation
105-114 Work: Living the Dream, Local Tips, Top 3 Q & A, The Important Stuff, Transportation
115-147 Play: Living the Dream, Local Tips, Top 3 Q & A, The Important Stuff, Local Involvement, Torch Relays, Other Cultural Events, Transportation.
148-153 Maps
154-156 Details (Useful phone numbers, websites and glossary.