A map of the Whistler Village

A map from a British Columbia Automobile Association (BCAA) magazine

Materials gathered by Geoff Pearce during his time in Whistler, including between 1976 and 1986 as Clerk-Treasurer for Whistler's first municipal council (RMOW). Documents include Official Community Plan drafts and revisions, a Resort Municipality of Whistler Newsletter, a Commercial Accommodation Market Survey & Analysis, a Whistler Blackcomb Vacation Guide, a Whistler Town Center Development Program, two Whistler Village land proposals, a Promotional Development Package, a 1984 Annual Report, a RMOW Organization Report, a Community Recreation Complex Committee Report #1, and financial statements.

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.

Map of Whistler Village and Businesses from 1987.

Map of the east half of the Cheakamus Valley in 1952.

Pamphlets from Whistler and Blackcomb Mountains between 1987 and 1989.

Maps of Whistler area neighbourhoods, one Whistler Mountain newsletter, and two Blackcomb Mountain publications.

Bike Guides from 1993 and 2007 produced by WORCA (Whistler Off-Road Cycling Association).

Items donated by Alison Apps (nee Racey), including the RMOW's Heritage Plan, Gondola Area Study, the building of Highway 99, and the procurement and maintenance of their plot of land near Wayside Park on Alta Lake, animal and bird pamphlets, and logging maps from the Whistler Valley.