Whistler Aviation History - An Incomplete Chronology
- WA_2023_047-02-001
- Bestanddeel
- May 23, 2023
Part of Brent Wallace Fonds
A chronological history of aviation in the Whistler Valley and the surrounding areas, compiled by Brent Wallace
Whistler Aviation History - An Incomplete Chronology
Part of Brent Wallace Fonds
A chronological history of aviation in the Whistler Valley and the surrounding areas, compiled by Brent Wallace
Sunday February 21, 1982 Page 3
Part of Arv Pellegrin Fonds
A full page article from The Magazine newspaper on Sunday, February 21, 1982 on page three. The article is entitled "Now here's the $24- million question: Will the world be wowed by Whistler?" The article previews the World Cup Downhill race featuring the Crazy Canucks, the promotion of Whistler as a world class resort, and the real estate development taking place in Whistler Village..
Part of Gord Leidal Fonds
Photographs of the 1964 construction of Highway 99.
Part of Gord Leidal Fonds
The Alpha Lake section of Highway 99 construction in August, 1964.
Resort Municipality of Whistler Newsletters
Part of Alpine Club of Canada
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.
Correspondence - Kenneth Racey RE: Lease
Part of Alison Apps (Racey) Fonds
Kenneth Racey's application for lease, deed of land, Department of Lands invoices, and correspondence surrounding the aforementioned and the creation of Highway 99.
Surveyors at Cheakamus Br[idge] site below dam
Part of Gord Leidal Fonds
Surveyors working on the construction of Highway 99 at the Cheakamus Bridge site below the 'dam'.
Okanagan Helicopters Various Photos
Part of Brent Wallace Fonds
Photos of Okanagan Helicopters engaging in a wide variety of activities such as; helping with construction, seeding and fertilizing, sightseeing rides, and cornice bombing/avalanche control.
Also included is an Okanagan Helicopters parking pass.
Rutherford C[ree]k Constr[uctio]n Camp
Part of Gord Leidal Fonds
Construction camp for those working on Highway 99 at Rutherford Creek in 1964.
Blast South of Daisy L[ake] Channel
Part of Gord Leidal Fonds
Blast during the construction of Highway 99 South of Daisy Lake.