- Benjamin-3-2-120
- File
- [1968-1974]
Part of George Benjamin Fonds
Photographs of Midstation from Red Chair and Whistler Bowl.
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Part of George Benjamin Fonds
Photographs of Midstation from Red Chair and Whistler Bowl.
Part of George Benjamin Fonds
Photographs of snow on the railway tracks, Jordan's Lodge covered in snow (3/2/176/7), the Pacific Great Eastern train with snowplow, frozen Nita Lake with Alpine 66 condos in background, Gondola Barn and base of Creekside, landscapes of Whistler Mountain, and going up Red chair at Midstation (3/2/176/26).
Part of George Benjamin Fonds
Slide film of Mid Station from Red Chair, George Benjamin’s canoe, Doug Gardiner, and Black Tusk.
Part of George Benjamin Fonds
Slide film of Orange Chair, Roundhouse, L'Apres dining room, parking lot at Creekside, Midstation, avalanche control, George Benjamin with his canoe, the River of Golden Dreams, Wedge Mountain, Ski Patrol making explosives and cornice blasting, Whistler Peak, avalanche blasting, windsurfing on Alta Lake, and aerial photographs of the Whistler area.
Valleaus in the Valley Information Sheet
Part of Gay Cluer Fonds
An information sheet about the Valleau family, including how they arrived at Alta Lake and how the Valleau Logging Ltd. business developed in the area.
Part of Whistler Mountain
Photographs depicting aerial views of mountains (mostly Whistler Mountain), people skiing, heli-skiing, the gondola, and people relaxing on the mountain. These photos were most likely taken during scouting trips by Franz Wilhelmsen to plan the ski resort, as well as the first open season of the ski resort.
Rolly Ford Photo Publications Ltd.
Part of Janet Love Morrison Fonds
Photographs found inside a folded paper marked "Chapter 1", taken by A. J. Biggen-Pound.
Captions:
076: "Whistler Creekside gondola & cafeteria. The ski slope has been moved and the new chapel built. 1968. Taken from the air."
077: "Tony and his new wife skiing on his day off, top of red chair, 1969."
078: "Centre: Al White and Roy Ferris, the first ski school directors and instructors taken at Midstation, fall of 1966."
079: "Maudy Harrison, employed at Cheakamus Inn, at the top of the Red Chair, spring 1966."
080: "Cheakamus Inn (now Highland Vale) from the air, 1966."
081: "Creekside, Jordan's Lodge, and Nita Lake from the air. 1966"
082: "Valley bottom (Creekside) taken from Gondola Tower 14, fall of 1965"
083: "Creekside looking north towards Cheakamus Inn from the parking lot. 1966. Highland Lodge is hidden in the hollow between Cheakamus Inn and the camera."
084: "Bottom of Valley (Creekside) and lift buildings taken from Gondola Tower 13 (near the top) in the fall of 1965."
085: "How things change! Creekside Spring 1970"
086: "Bottom of Valley (Creekside) and lift buildings taken from Gondola Tower 3 (later Tower 4) in the fall of 1965. From the left is the staff [back?] house trailers, cafeteria, and in front the ski shop and on the right the Gondola Barn. The highway was gravel."
087: "Tony Biggin-Pound and his new wife on the deck front of the cafeteria, 1969."
View of Construction Site for Express Gondola G4 Station
Part of Whistler Mountain
Several men are seen working on a construction site. A previous finding aid notes that this is the Express Gondola G4 Station, built in the summer of 1987.
Note the price along the bottom edge of the print.
Skiers Outside the Gondola Building
Part of Whistler Mountain
Skiers are seen getting their gear organized outside the gondola building at mid station.
Skier Heading Away from Mid Station
Part of Whistler Mountain
A skier is seen skiing away from the gondola mid station.