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Photographs of Resort Development - 1979-1998

  • WA_2018_031-01-001
  • Dossiê
  • 1979-1998
  • Parte deSabre Group

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?"

Slides

Photographs of a child cross-country skiing, aerial photographs of early construction of Whistler Village, Whistler Golf Course under construction, Creekside Gondola heading up Whistler Mountain, various people skiing Whistler and Blackcomb Mountains, Whistler Village at dusk/night near the Delta Mountain Inn/Hilton Whistler Resort, a log competition with people climbing vertical logs [Squamish Days Loggers Sports Festival?] and others log rolling in water, a group of people in front of a fireplace, various mountain views of the Coast Range, Dave Murray, Jim McConkey and Don Barr, and Arnold Palmer golfing on Whistler Golf Course.

Captions:
003: "Whistler Golf Course"

Olympic Venue Maps & Collages

Posters displaying maps and photo collages of the planning and construction of Whistler's 2010 Winter Olympic Games venues, including the Whistler Sliding Centre, the Nordic Centre in the Callaghan, and the ski runs to be used for races.

001: "Whistler Blackcomb 2010 Olympic Venue Locations" [Map] - 2002
002: [2 copies] "2010 Nordic Competition Venue - July-October, 2005" [documents construction via photo collage]
003: [2 copies] "Whistler Sliding Centre - July-August, 2005" [documents construction via photo collage]

Corporate Helicopters Ltd. Photos

Photographs related to Corporate Helicopters Ltd. This collection includes photos of the construction of the Corporate Helicopters hangar on Blackcomb Mountain, photos of Jim Logue's house on green lake with a Bell 206B JetRanger III helicopter registered C-GJVZ parked outside, photos of C-GJVZ and another Bell 206B JetRanger III helicopter registered C-GTPH.

Transparencies

Photographs of Whistler and Blackcomb Mountains with the moon above and Whistler Village below, a snow-covered log cabin, Wedge Mountain and Mount Weart with Alta Lake below, and Whistler Village under construction with the Telemark Place and Tantalus condominiums.

Week of December 5, 1979

Photographs including but not limited to Whistler Mountain; Blackcomb Mountain; Construction.
002-01-36 caption: Blackcomb Mountain pictured from 12,500 feet taken November 27, 1979; appears on page 1.
02-01-10 appears on page 4. Construction.
02-01-22 appears on page 8. Caption: Another view of the Town Centre with the Blackcomb access road in the background.
02-01-35 appears on page 11. Caption: The runs of Whistler as they appear from the air.
02-01-16 appears on page 12 Caption: The new snow and sunshine shows to advantage on Blackcomb Mountain.

Resort Municipality of Whistler Newsletters

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.

Slides

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.

Slides

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.

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