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Letters from Rene Widmer to Whistler Museum & Archives

  • WA_2019_040-01-001
  • Bestanddeel
  • 2019
  • Part of Rene Widmer

Letters from Rene Widmer to Alyssa Bruijns (Head Archivist & Collections Manager, Whistler Museum & Archives) sharing stories of his time working with Cliff Fenner in the Garibaldi Provincial Park area.

  • Letter 001: References the Whistler Museum exhibit on Cliff Fenner, and shares autobiographical details of his employment as a park ranger in Garibaldi Provincial Park, how he came to Canada, how he met Cliff, and a rough timeline of his activities and jobs in the 1960s.
  • Letter 002: Offers to sign a donation form for the Whistler Museum and to translate his diary entries from his time in the Black Tusk area from German to English.
  • Letter 003: Elucidation of more specific memories from his time as a park ranger under Cliff Fenner's mentorship, including a trip leading girl guides from Squamish into the park to camp at Taylor Meadows and lyrics to a song the girl guides created about Widmer's role leading the climbing and hiking party.
  • Letter 004: Contains explanation of enclosed translated diary entry from 1961 detailing 'The Visit of Judge Wilson' to Garibaldi Provincial Park while Rene Widmer and Dick Bond were rangers there.

Doug McDonald Fonds

  • WA_2012_023
  • Archief
  • 1980-2012

This fonds consists of correspondence, a paper, and a newsletter related to the resettlement of Garibaldi Village in 1980.

Don MacLaurin's Personal Correspondence

  • MACLAURIN_2017_011-002-005
  • Bestanddeel
  • 1948 - 2007
  • Part of Don MacLaurin

File includes personal correspondence from Don MacLaurin to his parents, his children, and other family members. File also includes meeting notes, as well as correspondence regarding rental properties and side projects for Don MacLaurin.

Note:
This file consists of three folders.
Item 058 has ink bleeding through the paper.
Item 059 has damage from tape adhesives.
Item 064 has rodent damage on the upper right hand corner.

Details of each letter:
001: A letter dated January 1962 to someone named Evelyn from one Jean Raycroft regarding family and changes of address.
002: A letter dated March 1978 to Isobel and Donald MacLaurin from Orion Hill, a sibling of Don's mother, regarding a "dossier" of his mother's life as a young girl.
003: A letter dated January 1954 from Don MacLaurin to his parents detailing his exam season at university. The letter includes a separate note to his father regarding the National Park Board.
004: A telegram dated September 1953 from Don MacLaurin to his father, A. E. MacLaurin. Paper has mathematical notes on the back.
005: A letter dated November 1953 from Don MacLaurin to his parents regarding a university football game.
006: A letter dated March 1954 from Don MacLaurin to his parents regarding university and job prospects.
007: A telegram dated May 1954 from Don MacLaurin to his father, A. E. MacLaurin, regarding graduation plans.
008: A telegram dated March 1954 from Don MacLaurin to his parents regarding a British Columbia Forestry letter.
009: A ticket, invitation, and schedule of events for 1954 graduation proceedings at the University of New Brunswick.
010: A letter dated July 1954 from Don MacLaurin to his parents regarding furniture storage at the family cottage.
011: A letter dated September 1954 from Don MacLaurin to his parents regarding travel, university, football, and work.
012: A letter dated October 1954 from Don MacLaurin to his parents regarding football and university courses.
013: A "Dossier of Gladys Mabel Flegg MacLaurin (Nee Hill)", written by Orion Hill. Document is related to item 002.
014: A telegram dated September 1954 from Don MacLaurin to his parents regarding university registration and a loan.
015: A letter dated May 1954 from Don MacLaurin to his parents regarding university final exams, summer plans, and a visit from his parents to New Brunswick.
016: A letter dated October 1954 from Don MacLaurin to his parents regarding vehicles, travelling, university projects, and university football.
017: A letter dated May 1954 from Don MacLaurin to his parents regarding his work in Fredericton and updates on his life.
018: A letter dated February 1955 from Don MacLaurin to his parents regarding a lawyer's contact information and skiing.
019: A letter dated March 1954 from Don MacLaurin to his parents regarding finances, university grades, and employment.
020: A letter dated April 1955 from Don MacLaurin to his parents regarding university, employment, and syrup.
021: A letter dated April 1955 from Don MacLaurin to his parents regarding university exams.
022: A letter dated April 1955 from Don MacLaurin to his parents regarding birthday gifts, skiing, mountaineering, taxes, and a new student centre.
023: A letter dated April 1955 from Don MacLaurin to his parents regarding university exams.
024: A letter dated April 1955 from Don MacLaurin to his parents regarding university exams and plans to visit.
025: A letter dated April 1955 from Don MacLaurin to his parents regarding university exams.
026: A letter dated June 1955 from Don MacLaurin to his parents regarding continued studies, golf clubs, Don's motorcycle, and graduation photos.
027: A letter dated June (unknown year) from Don MacLaurin to his parents regarding reading glasses, employment, and scholarships.
028: A telegram dated August 1955 from Don MacLaurin to his father regarding time off from work.
029: A telegram (undated) from Don MacLaurin to his father regarding a father's day parcel.
030: Three letters dated July and August 1955 from Don MacLaurin to his parents regarding further education, university paperwork, hurricane season, and sports.
031: A letter dated September 1955 from Don MacLaurin to his parents regarding a trip Don took, work, family friends, and scholarships.
032: A letter dated November 1955 from Don MacLaurin to his father regarding employment and a visit to Toronto.
033: A letter dated November 1955 from Don MacLaurin to his father regarding a letter to Don's mother and some financial considerations.
034: A letter dated October 1955 from Don MacLaurin to his father regarding Don's purchase of his MG A1951 car, a car accident, selling Don's motorcycle, a funeral, and a missing pass book.
035: A telegram dated November (unknown year) from Don MacLaurin to his father, wishing him "many happy returns".
036: A letter dated December 1955 from Don MacLaurin to his parents regarding a trip taken by Don's mother, employment, financial considerations, the upcoming Christmas season, furniture, and Don's car.
037: A letter dated February [1956] from Don MacLaurin to his parents regarding a trip taken by Don on his was to a BCFS job and issues he had with his car along the way.
038: A letter dated February 1956 from A. E. MacLaurin to D. McIntosh regarding a letter addressed to Don MacLaurin.
039: A telegram dated March 1956 from Don MacLaurin to his father regarding his arrival in British Columbia.
040: A telegram dated February 1948 from Don MacLaurin to his father regarding his arrival in Winnipeg and a blizzard.
041: A letter dated January 1956 from Don MacLaurin to his father regarding job applications, the weather, winter sports, plans for the upcoming months, sports, inquiries as to life in Ottawa.
042: A letter dated March 1956 from Don MacLaurin to his parents regarding his job in BC, living arrangements, his drive to Vancouver, and his experiences in BC.
043: A letter dated April [1956] from Don MacLaurin to his parents regarding his mother's birthday, Don's living situation, car purchases, and employment plans for the upcoming summer.
044: A letter dated July 1956 from Don MacLaurin to his parents regarding financial considerations, Father's Day, his parents' VW car, with a separate note to his father.
045: A letter dated June 1956 from Don MacLaurin to his parents regarding work, upcoming plans, and a holiday taken with Isobel McGuire.
046: A letter dated July 1956 from Don MacLaurin to his parents regarding gifts and parcels sent by and to Don and Isobel, his parents' VW car, financial considerations, renovations, family friends, Don's holiday with Isobel, and Don's work.
047: An Emerald Lake postcard from Don MacLaurin to his parents with details of Don's holiday. Sent from Banff, Alberta.
048: A letter dated August 1956 from Don MacLaurin to his parents regarding Don becoming a Forester in Training, Don's parents' VW car, discussions about Don and Isobel's holiday, plans to go to Garibaldi Park and Squamish.
049: A letter dated October 1956 from Don MacLaurin to his parents regarding Don's parents' VW car, Don's father's birthday, financial considerations, Christmas plans, and Don's work.
050: A letter dated November 1956 from Don MacLaurin to his parents regarding football, a transfer to Vancouver district within Don's employment, a promotion to Forester-in-Training for Don, and Don's thesis proposal for his BC Registered Forester papers.
051: A letter dated October 1956 from Don MacLaurin to his parents regarding his parents' VW car, an injury sustained by Don, his temporary transfer to the Victoria office because of the injury, Don's employment in the Survey Division, his possible application for a position with the Parks Division, family friends, taxes, and financial considerations.
052: An undated letter [1955?] from Don MacLaurin to his parents regarding weather, skiing, family friends, health information, job applications, and financial considerations.
053: An undated note from Don MacLaurin to his son, Mark MacLaurin.
054: An undated Christmas wish list letter from Sue MacLaurin to "Santa."
055: An undated birthday card from Lee MacLaurin to Isobel MacLaurin detailing a holiday gift. Item also includes itinerary options for a trip to Garibaldi Lake.
056: An undated birthday card from Lee MacLaurin to Don MacLaurin.
057: An undated Christmas card and undated postcards from Lee MacLaurin to her parents, Don and Isobel MacLaurin. The postcards are from Sunshine Village.
058: A letter dated February 1953 from Don MacLaurin to his parents regarding a trip "West" through the United States to BC.
059: An undated letter from Lee MacLaurin to her family regarding Christmas gifts and her activities at Sunshine Village Resort.
060: Correspondence dated 1965 regarding the lease of crown land and a newspaper clipping regarding a cabin near Alpha Lake.
061: A note and envelope dated February 1965 from Phyllis Munday to Don MacLaurin regarding a map.
062: An email dated October 2007 from Heather Clifford regarding a Whistler history-related program, with an attached image of the people involved in the program.
063: A letter dated July 1987 from Don MacLaurin to Lorne Borgnal regarding a proposal of assistance from Don to the Whistler Mountain Corporation.
064: A letter dated September 1965 from the director of the Department of Recreation and Conservation, Parks Branch, to Don MacLaurin regarding Park Use Permits within Antlers Beach Park and includes maps (returned) that Don had sent to the Department.
065: A letter dated October 1972 from S. M. (Sam) Toy of the Whistler Mountain Ski Club to Don MacLaurin regarding a request for Don's involvement as a Hiking Chairman on their executive board.
066: Notes from a meeting with Bruce Haggerstone regarding hiking trails and different areas within Whistler.
067: A letter dated October 1974 from Don and Isobel MacLaurin to W. R. Redel, the director of the Department of Lands, Forests, and Water Resources, Lands Branch, regarding an increase in rent costs.
068: An undated letter from Don MacLaurin to F. F. Slaney regarding a "regime" of Don's ideas and a brief review of Don's background in forestry recreation.
069: A document titled "Proposed Recreation Forester Position with Reid. Collins & Assoc." [sic] written by Don MacLaurin. The document includes Don's qualifications for the position.

1974-2007

Photographs of skiing, ski racing, Slush Cup, mountain views, chairlifts, Whistler Village construction, Whiski Jack, aerial views of the Whistler Valley, summer activities at Alta Lake, windsurfing, music events, costumes, dancing, the Torchlight Parade, fireworks, Willie Whistler, hot air balloons, the Jazz Festival, Whistler Conference Centre, Whistler Village, kayaking on the Cheakamus River, Lakes, apres ski, ice sculptures, a fire at The Keg, pubs, restaurants, Toilet Bowl, Whistler Mountain, Blackcomb Mountain, cross-country skiing, gondolas, horse-drawn carriage rides, Upper Village, Eco Challenge, freestyle skiing, Kids Kamp on Blackcomb Mountain, dogsledding, fishing, paragliding, resort development, Longhorn Saloon, Howe Sound, helicopters installing chairlifts, grooming, cabins, condominiums, Pika's Restaurant, Christine's Restaurant, juggling, Burnt Stew Basin, Sun Bowl, Ridge Run, Black Tusk, people skiing dressed up as members of the OJ Simpson trial, bear awareness signs, Telemark Place, Whistler Golf Course, 7th Heaven, Peak Chair, snowmen, creeks, Roundhouse Lodge, Green Lake, Lost Lake, Alpha Lake, Nita Lake, Joffre Lakes, and Garibaldi Lake.

Transparencies

Photographs of Garibaldi Lake as seen from a tall ridge with mountains in the background, the second lake at Joffre Lakes, Wedge Mountain, and an aerial photograph of Whistler and Blackcomb Mountains with Whistler Village below.

1978-2007

Photographs of mountain views of Whistler Mountain, Blackcomb Mountain, Garibaldi Provincial Park, the Coast Range, Wedge Mountain, and Mount Weart; skiing on Whistler and Blackcomb Mountain; the 7th Heaven area and other areas of Blackcomb Mountain, the finish coral of the Molson World Cup Dowhill; ski racing; avalanches and avalanche control; golf courses; Whistler lakes; heli-skiing; chairlifts and T-bars on Whistler Mountain and Blackcomb Mountain; cross-country skiing; sunrises, sunsets, and alpenglow; hang gliding; cabins on Alta Lake and squatter settlements; rafting on the Elaho-Squamish River; vacations to Victoria, Mexico, and the Cayman Islands; Lillooet Lake; Harmony Bowl; Symphony Bowl; Whistler Peak; Cheakamus Lake; Black Tusk; windsurfing in Howe Sound and on Whistler lakes; hiking; telemark skiing; backcountry skiing; snowboarding slalom races and halfpipes at the Westbeach Classic Snowboarding Contest; Flute Bowl; Singing Pass; Ski Scamps; mountain biking on Vancouver Island and in Whistler; the Valley Trail; climbers on the Stawamus Chief in Squamish; Halloween; Whistler Village construction; Village North; Whistler Village; Roundhouse Lodge; paraskiing; golf; the Columbia River Gorge in Oregon; gondolas; a concert on Blackcomb Mountain near Rendezvous Lodge; a marathon on Village Gate Boulevard; Garibaldi Lake; panoramic and fisheye views; Mountain Hosts; Whistler on the Lake; the construction of the Vale Inn; Creekside; the bell at the Garibaldi Ski School; apres ski; Umberto Menghi at one of his restaurants; kayaking; Myrtle Philip Elementary School; Telemark Place; Tantalus Lodge; Alta Lake Road; the Horstman T-bar and glacier; snow grooming; Ski Patrol; Base II; Blackcomb Mountain staff portrait including Nancy Greene Raine; the opening of Wizard Chair on Blackcomb Mountain; Alpine Meadows; and dogsledding.

Transparencies

Photographs of Garibaldi Lake and Black Tusk in Garibaldi Provincial Park, and Nita Lake with Wedge Mountain and Mount Weart in the background.

Captions:
001: "GARIBALDI LAKE"
002: "Black Tusk Garibaldi Prov. Park B.C. Canada:

1978-2007

Photographs of people skiing and snowboarding on Whistler Mountain and Blackcomb Mountain, heli-skiing and heli-boarding, a train in the Cheakamus Canyon, freestyle skiing and snowboarding, backcountry skiing, aerial photography, the Blackcomb Powdercats and grooming, the Inukshuk on Whistler Peak, a helicopter evacuating someone, apres ski, alpenglow, sunset, cross-country skiing, windsurfing in Squamish on Howe Sound, night photography, Whistler Golf Course, Furry Creek Golf Course, Nicklaus North Golf Course, Chateau Whistler Golf Course, Mount Weart, Wedge Mountain, a farm in Pemberton, condominiums, picnics, mountain meadows, hiking in Singing Pass, mountain biking on Whistler Mountain and Blackcomb Mountain, the Garibaldi Gruel, rafting on the Elaho-Squamish River, Garibaldi Lake, Black Tusk, Whistler Village, climbing in the Tantalus Range, skiing at Vail and Mt. Hood, a couple on the beach in Hawaii, paraskiing, family portraits, Roundhouse Lodge, Rendezvous Lodge, the Purcell Range, Village North, Upper Village, Wedgemount Lake, someone snowboarding a halfpipe on Whistler Mountain, panoramic photography, T-bars, cars in a parking lot, Highway 99, a couple eating ice cream at Cows Ice Cream, canoeing, pubs, a tugboat hauling logs, a swimming pool, Halloween, Christmas in Whistler Village, cabins, fly-fishing, kayaking, hot tubs, and the Molson World Cup Downhill.

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