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1974-2007

Photographs of people skiing and snowboarding on Blackcomb Mountain and Whistler Mountain, aerial and panoramic shots of Whistler Valley, alpenglow over the mountains, Rainbow Park, Whistler Village, ski in and ski out condominiums, hiking, group portraits of Mountain Hosts and Ski Patrol, gondolas, chairlifts, T-bars, freestyle skiing and snowboarding, restaurants and hotels, cabins, Slush Cup, Peak to Valley Race, Molson World Cup Downhill, ski racing, Black Tusk, Fissile Peak, heli-skiing, Franz Wilhelmsen and Bob Ainsworth on Whistler Mountain, Roundhouse Lodge, Tremor Glacier on Tremor Mountain, the Saudan Couloir Ski Race Extreme, picnics, Pemberton Icecap, Ipsoot Mountain, Burnt Stew Basin, telemark skiing, people carrying surfboards on a beach, running, Snowboard Cross, apres ski, moguls, mountaineering, Wedge Mountain, 7th Heaven, River of Golden Dreams, portraits of John "Rabbit" Hare and Greg Griffith with his photography equipment, Joffre Lakes, Elfin Lakes, Beaver Pond, Cheakamus Lake, Pemberton, Phalanx Mountain, Creekside, Inawashiro Ski Resort in Japan, sumo wrestling, avalanches, Rendezvous Lodge, Wedgemount Lake, Lost Lake, Alta Lake, Green Lake, Squamish, Nicklaus North Golf Course, Mt Weart, Rimrock Cafe, Longhorn Saloon & Grill, Anasazi Restaurant, Highway 99, Tantalus Range, windsurfing on Howe Sound, rafting, fireworks, mountain biking, Singing Pass and Musical Bumps Trail, and the Metzler family cross-country skiing.

BC Mountaineering Club

  • MACLAURIN_2017_011-039
  • Series
  • May 24, 1964
  • Part of Don MacLaurin

Series includes documents pertaining to the British Columbia Mountaineering Club. Series includes architectural drawings for Panel Cabins.

Public Recreation Study of Squamish Forest District

  • MACLAURIN_2017_011-010-004
  • File
  • August 2000
  • Part of Don MacLaurin

File includes a draft of the August 2000 Public Recreational Study Of Squamish Forest District, prepared for the Ministry of Forests and The Land Use Coordination Office by The Outdoor Recreation Council of B.C.

MacLaurin Membership and Business Cards

  • MACLAURIN_2017_011-002-004
  • File
  • 1960 - 1972
  • Part of Don MacLaurin

FIle includes Don MacLaurin's business cards and club membership cards.

Details of each card:
001: BCIT business card for D. H. MacLaurin, Forest Technology.
002: BC Mountaineering Club Membership Card for "Mr. D. MacLaurin", valid until September 19[71].
003: Recreational Equipment Inc. membership card for "D. H. MacLaurin".
004: Sports Car Club of British Columbia membership card for Donald MacLaurin, expires November 30, 1969.
005: Sports Car Club of British Columbia membership card for Don MacLaurin, valid from December 1960 until December 1961.
006: Sports Car Club of British Columbia membership card for "Don McLaurin" [sic], expires November 30, 1970.
007: BC Mountaineering Club Membership Card for "Mrs. MacLaurin", valid until September 1972.
008: BCIT business card for D. H. MacLaurin, Industry Services Division.
009: Registered Forester (BCRF) authorisation card for Donald H. MacLaurin, valid for 1970.
010: BCIT Outdoors Club Membership Card for Don MacLaurin, valid until July 1972.

G. 13

Photograph of 4 hikers on a mountainside with 1 pointing at a rock face.

1980-2000

Photographs of steep skiing, freestyle skiing, snowboarding, freestyle snowboarding, Whistler Mountain, Blackcomb Mountain, the inukshuk on Whistler Peak, Harmony Bowl, Symphony Bowl, Ziggy's Bowl, Bagel Bowl, Sun Bowl, Black Tusk, Whistler Village in winter and at dusk, cross-country skiing, Glacier Creek Lodge, Roundhouse Lodge, Birkenhead Peak, Ipsoot Mountain, condminiums, Chateau Whistler Resort, the Westin hotel, chairlifts, the Whistler backcountry, mountaineering, sunsets, alpenglow, mountain views, 7th Heaven, Horstman Glacier, Blackcomb Glacier, Slush Cup on Blackcomb Mountain, storms, Flute Bowl, Village North, Upper Village, Meadow Park Sports Centre's swimming pools, and Alta Lake.

Varsity Outdoor Club Journals

Series consists of 6 photocopied pages from two separate volumes of The Varsity Outdoor Club Journal, published by the University of British Columbia. Both sets of photocopies include the title page of the journal, a black-and-white photograph, and articles.

  • Volume II (1959) includes a photograph of Mt. Logan from Hubbard-Donjek Neve and a letter from mountaineer Dr. Neal M. Carter recounting mountain-climbing expeditions and the naming of peaks in Garibaldi Park in the 1920s. The letter has an introduction written by Karl Ricker, the donor.

  • Volume VIII (1965) includes a photograph of Veeocee Mountain and Ubyssey Glacier, and an article by Neal M. Carter, “Some Notes on the Historical Background of the Alta Lake – Fitzsimmons Creek Area," recounting various alpine expeditions made in the area (primarily in the 1920s).

Varsity Outdoor Club, University of British Columbia

Karl Ricker Fonds

  • WA_2013_003
  • Fonds
  • 1959-2003

Fonds consists of maps, textual records, and photographs relating to the geography, geology, and natural history of the Coast Mountain range, with particular focus on the Garibaldi Park area. Much of the material relates to Dr. Neal M. Carter (1902-1978), a mountaineer, surveyor, and cartographer and active in the Coast Mountains from the 1920s-1950s. Photographs document glacier recession in the Whistler area.

  • Series 01 consists of a manuscript, "Garibaldi Provincial Park and Region," written for the Provincial Parks Branch on the geology, ecology and ecosystems contained within park boundaries in southwestern British Columbia.
  • Series 02 consists of photocopied pages from two volumes of the University of British Columbia's Varsity Outdoor Club Journal, including a letter and article written by Neal Carter.
  • Series 03 consists of 5 photocopied maps created by/with the help of Neal Carter.
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