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B.C. Motorist Magazine, January-February 1967

The January-February 1967 (Vol. 6, No. 1) issue of B.C. Motorist Magazine published by B.C. Automobile Association containing the following articles:
"Teenage Drivers"
"Whistler - Hottest Ski Area in Canada"
"The Driving Lesson"
"Electric Autos Coming Back?"
"New Life for Old Totems"
"Fasten Your Seat Belts, Please!"
"Lake Country and Ghost Towns"
"Fishermen and Fish - The West Coast Troller"
"A Walk to Siwash Rock"
"Campbell River Loves the Sea"
"A Man and His Fossil Mountain"
Cliff Fenner used tabs on cover page and on pages 4 and 6 to indicate his photographs used in the magazine. These photographs are of Black Tusk, construction of the village in Whistler, and Dag Aabye (ski acrobat) on Whistler Mountain.

Negatives

Photographs taken between 1972 and 1973 by Ken Snowball of skiing and ski racing on Whistler Mountain and Grouse Mountain, the towns of Mount Currie and Pemberton, the Mount Currie Rodeo, motorcycles on the Sea to Sky Highway, Nairn Falls, cityscapes and street scenes of Vancouver, the original Grouse Mountain cable car, dogs, hiking, Adventures West and Alta Lake, the Easter Parade in Whistler, Whistler Peak, T-bars, Orange Chair, and mountain views.

Slides

  • GRI-01-32-034
  • File
  • October 1975 - October 1977
  • Part of Greg Griffith

Photographs of people on a lake canoeing and log rolling, a group of people next to a pool at a house, a group of children playing in Alta Lake, sailboats on Alta Lake, a group of people canoeing on a river, a person playing golf on the green, a mountain landscape with a meadow, a group of people at a picnic in summer, a bear laying in a creek, a view of Black Tusk up close, an unknown building with a yellow van parked in front, a man kayaking, a country music band performing on a stage, an aerial view of a lake and Whistler Valley [possibly Green Lake or Alta Lake], a building with a sign [symbols of a chef's hat, moustache, and 'OPEN 6 PM'], a man in a hot tub with a view of a tennis court in the background, and a landscape of a golf course.

Week of October 11, 1978

Photographs including but not limited to Rotary Club meeting; Railway station and tracks; boats on Alta Lake; cars; Pat Carleton; Premier Bennett
02-034-06. Pg. 1. Caption: Premier Bennett talks to Mayor Pat Carleton beside the train tracks while the Press look on.
02-034-17. Pg. 7. Caption: The Question truck (and several students) get a thorough soaping down!
02-034-04. Pg. 7. Caption: Mayor Carleton beside the Whistler railroad station resplendent with new sign, flags and flowers in preparation for Premier Bennett's visit on Oct. 3.
02-034-15. Pg. 10. Caption: Community Service Director Drew Meredith points out the location of trails to be identified by the Whistler Rotary Club.

Flood Nov 78

Photographs of Tokum Corners, a view of Tokum Corners from Alta Lake, George Benjamin’s red Volkswagen Beetle, Black Horn Ranch during a flood, and the dogs Digger and Asher.

Week of November 19, 1978

Photos including but not limited to car accident; canoeing at Alta Lake; South Face of Whistler Mountain
02-029-15. Pg. 1. Caption: The Gardiner vehicle as it ended up in Green Lake.
02-029-06. Pg. 3. Caption: Logging truck goes off at Mons.
02-029-03. Pg. 3. Caption: Logging truck goes off at Mons.
02-029-04. Pg. 6. Caption: Highways' truck gets stuck by the yard on Thursday.
02-029-10. Pg. 6.Caption: Lone Highways' worker pushes snow off of the overpass after snowstorm.
02-029-19. Pg. [16] or back cover. Caption: The snow's up on Whistler -- up at around 6,000 ft.

Week of May 24, 1978

Photographs including but not limited to Slalom Pro Race; Potato sack race; board games; ping pong; Great Snow Water Earth Race; Myrtle Philip Elementary School performing "A Space Odyssey"; windsurfing; folk dancing; car accident; bike rodeo
02-049-10. Pg. 1. Caption: Greg Snider from California -- the winner of the 1978 Whistler Pro Classic Race.
02-049-26. pg. 1. Caption: Mayor Pat Carleton welcomes Capt. James Cook in front of mural decoration at the gym.
02-049-91, 80. Pg. 7. Caption: Pictures shown (from left to right): The first woman to complete 5 miles in the Mini-Marathon -- Louise McIntosh; Anonymous diver showing fine form in the belly flop; Traffic problems with the cars and cyclists in the Great Race.
02-049-37. Pg. 8. Caption: The Kindergarten class doing a folk dance at the concert.
02-049-43. Pg. 8. Caption: A portion of the cast of "A Space Odyssey".
02-049-18. Pg. 9. Caption: Two of the vehicles that did not get to where they were going over the weekend.
02-049-49. Pg. 9. Caption: An RCMP constable watches while the school students ride through the roadeo course at the school.

Week of November 21, 1979

Photographs including but not limited to mountaineering; seaplane landing on the lake; town planning; construction; aerial views from plane; cars; license plates;
02-071-62. Pg. 1. Caption: No door on the helicopter allows a crystal-clear view of the Town Center (left center), Public Service Building (lower right) and Myrtle Philip School (right center).
02-071-31, 27. Pg. 4. Caption: Two views of the steel girders of Package 6, with masonry wall of Package 4 behind; upper photo shows detail of two roof lines.
02-071-86. Pg. 5. Caption: Work continues well into the night on the underground conduits connecting the Town Center to power lines on Highway 99.
02-071-39. Pg. 6. Caption: [top] Mayor Pat Carleton and Frans Carpay of Whistler Village Land Co. lead one of many media groups on walking tour of Whistler Village Town Center on Wednesday Nov. 14.
02-071-19. Pg. 6. Caption: [bottom] Public Service Building nears completion with new parking area in foreground.
02-071-26. Pg. 7. Caption: Large pile of construction garbage at Mons dump indicates total disregard for sign by garbage dumpers.
02-071-28. Pg. 9. Caption: Soil testing continues at new hotel site in Whistler Village Town Center.
02-071-7, 10. Pg. 10. Caption: Border Lake has spring ice blasted away (above), while 60,000 metric tonnes of ice (right) is dislodged to prevent future disaster to work crews.
02-071-5. Pg. 11. Caption: [left] View of exposed rock face of molybdenum ore body near Taku Lake; drill site was located on left above slide area.
02-071-94. Pg. 11. Caption: [right] Ihor Zalubniak (with sprayer) and Mark Lennox of Phase Two Painting stain the high woodwork 30 feet over Whistler Creek Lodge parking area.
02-071-23. Pg. 14. Caption: [Top] The presentation of the Pemberton Community Plan, left to right: Zoltan Kuun, Clerk Tom Wood, Mayor Shirley Henry, Planner John Connelly.
02-071-24. Pg. 14. Caption: [bottom] The audience listens to the presentation of the plan in the Signal Hill School library.
02-071-49. Pg. [16] or back cover. Caption: Aerial view of Roundhouse at 6000 foot level on Whistler Mountain, showing sparse snow cover and the new washroom/service building (upper right).

Week of July 25, 1979

Photographs including but not limited to trampolining; cars; music; tennis; construction; windsurfing on Alta Lake; picnic
02-089-41. Pg. 1. Caption: Windsurfers and sunbathers enjoy the Alta Vista dock.
02-089-31. Pg. 4. Caption: New look at Whistler Vale -- the paving of the access road starts
02-089-4. Pg. 6. Caption: The way the wheel looked when the truck stopped.
02-089-40. Pg. 8. Caption: Terry Minger shows the Resort Association chart to the Whistler Rotary Club.
02-089-8. Pg. 9. Caption: Dr. Ann Crowley, the new Pemberton Dentist.
02-089-23. Pg. 11. Caption: Judd Buchanan with Louise McConkey at the Ski Camp barbecue.
02-089-25. Pg. [12] Caption: The chow line at the Ski Camp barbecue on July 18.

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