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MacDougall fonds

  • WA_2018_015
  • Fonds
  • [1962?]-1968

Series consists of meeting minutes, newspaper and magazine clippings, correspondence, a report, and a feasibility study relating to the development of Whistler as a ski hill and a residential area in the 1960s. There is a particular focus on Whistler Alpine Villa Ltd., for which Hartland M. MacDougall (donor's father) worked. Also mentioned are the Whistler Skier's Chapel and Garibaldi Lifts Ltd. The items are arranged in the order they were received from the donor.

  • MACDOUG_001: Meeting minutes of “informal meeting of the pro-tem Directors of Whistler Alpine Villa Limited,” November 19 1965, with attached letter from Michael Doyle (Whistler Alpine Villa Limited Secretary Pro-Tem) to Mr. Roy B. Jacobson of Whistler Development Co. Ltd. (November 22 1965) and list of Pro-Tem Directors (6 pages).
  • MACDOUG_002: Newspaper article, “Garibaldi: Blueprint for the future,” The Lions Gate Times, January 16 1964.
  • MACDOUG_003: Newspaper or magazine clipping, “HOMES, January 1968, a section of the Canadian,” with image of mountain townhouses on front and Q & A on the back.
  • MACDOUG_004: Newspaper article, “Work Starts Garibaldi Ski Resort,” reprinted from Journal of Commerce Weekly, June 12 1965.
  • MACDOUG_005: Magazine article, “Town house in the mountains: there’s a 5,000-foot ski run at the front door.”
  • MACDOUG_006: Newspaper clipping, photograph of four men (John Fraser, Michael Doyle, A.J. Forster, Hartland MacDougall) with skis, regarding the construction of the Whistler Skier’s Chapel. The Province, Saturday June 25, 1966.
  • MACDOUG_007: Letter from Whistler Alpine Villa Ltd. directors to shareholders, regarding fire of December 19 1965, dated December 22 1965.
  • MACDOUG_008: President’s Report to Shareholders, Whistler Alpine Villa Limited, November 25 1965 (4 pages).
  • MACDOUG_009: Photocopy of telegram from E. F. Bosiger to Head Office, Montreal P.Q., DGM Vancouver, regarding nomination of H. M. MacDougall as Director of Garibaldi Lifts Ltd., May 6 1963.
  • MACDOUG_010: Photocopy of letter from J. B. Lesslie to Bank of Montreal Superintendent of Staff, regarding nomination of H. M. MacDougall as Director of Garibaldi Lifts Ltd., May 2 1963 (2 pages).
  • MACDOUG_011: Letter, H. M. MacDougall to Franz Wilhelmsen, declining nomination as Director of Garibaldi Lifts Ltd., May 8 1963.
  • MACDOUG_012: Memorandum from H. M. MacDougall to G. O. Vandervoort, Esq., regarding Whistler Skiers’ Chapel, June 29 1966.
  • MACDOUG_013: Mount Whistler Feasibility Study by Willy Schaeffler, Ski Area Consultant, c. 1962 (10 pages).

Don MacLaurin

  • MACLAURIN_2017_011
  • Fonds
  • 1929 - 2013

Fonds contain the records of Don MacLaurin. MacLaurin was involved in the forestry industry of British Columbia, taught at BCIT, and was heavily involved with the Resort Municipality of Whistler. He was in several forestry associations, including the Canadian Institute of Forestry, British Columbia Foresters, and the Forest Nursery Association of British Columbia. MacLaurin created the Whistler Interpretive Forest. MacLaurin also completed assessments for private developers. Included in the fonds are his personal records.

Most of the records were created in the Whistler region.

A. Clausen

  • WA_2018_006
  • Fonds
  • 1975

Fonds consists of two colour photographs of skiers on Whistler Mountain in 1975.

01_001: 1 photo of Melanie and Craig Clausen, [1975?].
01_002: 1 photo of Melanie Clausen and Nancy Greene Raine, 1975.

Kelvin Fenwick Fonds

  • KFEN
  • Fonds
  • 1976-1991

Materials created by the late Kelvin Fenwick (who passed away in 2003) during his time working for Whistler Mountain between 1976 and 1991 in avalanche control and alpine construction. Includes photographs of avalanches, Toni Sailer Summer Ski Camp, and construction near Roundhouse Lodge on Whistler Mountain.

Jack Douglass Fonds

  • WA_2017_032
  • Fonds
  • 1960-2015

Fonds consists of material related to the Alta Lake Volunteer Fire Department in the early 1970s; newspaper articles about the ski bum Dag Aabye; maps of the Alta Lake, Emerald Estates, and Alpine Meadows neighbourhoods; and other records relating to Whistler's 20th/21st-century history.

Contents include:

  • DOUG_001: Photocopy of map of Alta Lake, 1960.
  • DOUG_002: Newspaper article: “Dag Aabye: The Last Ski Bum,” Vancouver Sun, Tuesday April 22 2003.
  • DOUG_003: Newspaper article: “Whistler Mountain through the years,” including timeline from 1914 to 2015, Vancouver Sun, Saturday November 21 2015.
  • DOUG_004: Newspaper article: “Youngsters can’t hold a ski to Dag Aabye,” Vancouver Sun, Wednesday April 30 2003.
  • DOUG_005: Photocopy of company registration document for Jackass Plumbing, Mr. J. P. Douglass, July 2 1969.
  • DOUG_006: Photocopy of list of names and telephone numbers of the Alta Lake District Fire Department.
  • DOUG_007: Photocopy of ‘birth announcement’ for 9-hole golf course in Whistler Cay Estates.
  • DOUG_008: Fire Protection Report for Alta Lake, August 12 1970.
  • DOUG_009: Notice of Annual General Meeting of the Alta Lake Volunteer Fire Department, 1971.
  • DOUG_010: Constitution and By-Laws of the Alta Lake Volunteer Fire Brigade.
  • DOUG_011: Map of Alpine Meadows.
  • DOUG_012: Map of Emerald Estates.

Alyssa Bruijns Fonds

  • WA_2016_005
  • Fonds
  • 2015-2021

Posters, art, and textual material donated by Alyssa Bruijns between 2014 and 2021, including Whistler Blackcomb and mountain biking posters, a bus pass, COVID-19 vaccine information and sticker, an Ancient Trees protest sign, her art under Snowline Art, gift cards and tickets for local Whistler pubs and museums, and memberships to Whistler organizations.

Andrew Worth Fonds

  • AWOR
  • Fonds
  • [2004]

Audiovisual materials donated by Andrew Worth, including DV-Cam raw footage and edited film clips on USB of camping, Biker X races, Slopestyle, Canadian Open Downhill Race, and some medal ceremonies at the first Crankworx Freeride Mountain Bike Festival in [2004].

Brenda McGill

  • WA_2019_041
  • Fonds
  • 1965-1966

Photographs of skiing on Whistler Mountain in April of 1966, including photographs of Red Chair and T-Bars, a helicopter landing on the ski hill, and views of the Whistler Valley lakes, creeks, and surrounding mountain ranges.

John Lee Fonds

  • JLEE
  • Fonds
  • [1970s?]

Materials donated by John Lee, including a photograph of lifty Ralph Kennedy loading skiers onto Blue Chair on Whistler Mountain in the [1970s?].

Brad Nichols

  • NICH
  • Fonds
  • 1995-2020

Materials gathered by Brad Nichols, including volunteering handbooks for Whistler Blackcomb Events and Whistler Mountain Bike Park from 2017 and 2018, an invitation to the Illuminate Gala at the Audain Art Museum in 2019, the 1995 Greg Stump VHS mountain biking film "Pulp Traction", and a WORCA Toonie Race tentative schedule from 2020 which never came to fruition due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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