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Week of May 8, 1980

Photographs including but not limited to Fire Hall; RCMP; Pat Carleton; town planning; Construction; village planning
02-117-22. Pg. 1. Caption: Crowds and officials bask in the sun shine during Mayor Carleton's address at the Public Safety Building. Left to right Sgt. Stan Nowicki, RCMP, Cpl. Hurt, RCMP (finance); Tom Robertson, RCMP; Mr. Ayers, B.C. Ambulance Service; Lindsay Wilson, Whistler Fire Chief; Assistant Commissioner RCMP 'E' district, Hank Jensen, RCMP; Mayor Carleton; Larry Bell, Deputy Minister of Lands, Parks and Housing; Cpl. Neal Davidge, RCMP; Const. A.J. Rybka, RCMP.
02-117-51. Pg. 3. Caption: Pumps are at work in these vertical culverts to keep the water table down at the site of the Resort Centre excavation during the spring runoff.
02-117-31. Pg. 4. Caption: Cpl. Neal Davidge, RCMP Whistler receives a small plaque for RCMP's rack commemorating the opening of the Public Safety Building from Mayor Pat Carleton. RCMP's staff Sgt. Stan Nowicki and Cpl. Hurt look on.
02-117-53. Pg. 5. Caption: Stefan Ples, long-time resident of Whistler, receives lifetime passed from Garibaldi Lifts President Franz Wilhelmsen in recognition of his long involvement with Whistler.
02-117-48. Pg. 7. Caption: Lonely toilet stands ready to serve Parcel 16, not 15 as shown, in the Town Centre. See centre spread for more Town Centre news.
02-117-2. Pg. 9. Caption: The Bears have returned to the dumps! Yearlings are quickly learning the ins and outs of the new bins and lend a helping paw to the crows everyday in the Rubbish-spreading department.
02-117-15, 14, 13. Pg. 10-11. Caption: Mountainside Lodge, Package 16, Inn at the Keg.
02-117-55. Pg. 14. Caption: B.J. Cooper and Pauline LePatourel of the Whistler Question staff kick-off the Pitch-In clean-up campaign for Whistler.
02-117-11. Pg. [20] or back cover. Caption: Construction City 1980. Piledriver towers over Resort Centre at town centre site as spring-summer construction picks up pace. Workers began flooding into the Valley this week as new town centre packages began.

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.

Wilhelmsen fonds

  • WIL
  • Fonds
  • [1950s?]-1998

Documents, photographs, films, and other graphic material relating to the career, accomplishments, interests, and family life of Franz Wilhelmsen, including:

  • Awards and honours he received
  • Organizations and Corporations he ran or was involved with
  • Personal photographs
  • Newspapers and magazine articles
  • Personal and professional correspondence
  • VHS Videos

Awards

Awards and honours Franz Wilhelmsen received and was nominated for throughout his life, inlcuding:

  • Canadian Ski Hall of Fame
  • Man of the Year
  • Freeman of Whistler
  • Order of British Columbia
  • Jim Marshall Award
  • Canadian Tourism Medallion
  • Franz's Run and Franz's Chair
  • BC Sports Hall of Fame (W. A. C. Bennett Award)

Man of the Year

Papers related to Franz Wilhelmsen being named Man of the Year presented by the Greater Vancouver Visitors and Convention Bureau for his successful development of Whistler Mountain, including:

  • Two newspaper articles about Franz Wilhelmsen being named Man of the Year
  • A Bayshore Inn Vancouver menu from the dinner in which Franz was named Man of the Year
  • Two photos taken after Franz Wilhelmsen was named Man of the Year (both photos used in the newspaper articles)

Franz' Run and Franz's Chair

Photographs of the dedication ceremony of “Franz’ Run” (a ski run on Whistler Mountain) in honour of Franz Wilhelmsen, December 10, 1983, as well as a Whistler Blackcomb brochure announcing, among other things, the installation of Franz's Chair, and a draft letter from Franz Wilhelmsen responding to the honour from April 2, 1998.

Photographs

Personal photographs belonging to Franz Wilhelmsen

Photographs

Personal photos belonging to Franz Wilhelmsen, comprising:

Photos from Philip Wilhelmsen’s family album:

  • Franz with Annette and various other people, [1980s-1990s]
  • Franz and Stefan Ples. Caption on verso: “Dad/Stephan[sic] Ples”
  • Franz and another man standing next to a helicopter
  • Black and white photograph. Caption on verso: “Dad & Crown Princess Martha, 1942”

Skiing photographs:

  • Franz skiing with Pierre Trudeau and Jim McConkey [1970s]. Caption on verso: “McConkey/Trudeau/Dad”
  • Four people in skis sitting on a bench, March 1977

Ship photograph:

  • Nitinat. Caption: “Dad’s First Coastal Water Enterprise” [1950s]. The Nitinat was a ship, part of Franz’s first business venture after the war.

Captioned photographs:

  • Four people in skis sitting on a bench. Caption: “ ‘One of the [Lawman] Annie Benches’ – The plank would be raised as the snow deapth [sic] increased. Invented by Annette Wilhelmsen, to the right in her canary suit.”
  • Douglas McKay Brown, Franz Wilhelmsen, Eric Beardmore and Annette Wilhelmsen boarding a train. Caption: “Spring 1961, early morning boarding on P.G.E. Railway for exploring around Alta Lake: Douglas McKay Brown, Vancouver Solicitor, Franz, Eric Beardmore who built the first hotel at Whistler, the Cheakamus Inn, and Annette Wilhelmsen.”
  • The old Stud Sawmill. Caption: “This is what was left of the old stud sawmill in the Valley by 1960.”

Holiday card photographs

Negatives:

  • Early Whistler, 1961-1962
  • Franz Wilhelmsen
  • Boarding the train
  • Standing by a helicopter
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