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Week of January 6, 1982

Photographs including but not limited to restaurant; cross-country skiing race; Willie Whistler and children; Whistler Mountain Ski School; musician; Labatt's World Cup Freestyle Championship; cars; Creekside Husky; signs; skiing; WMSC Christmas Downhill Camp; ALSC juniors only Cross-Country race; Doug Chapman;
Appears in January 7, 1982 issue:
02-230-41. Pg. 3. Caption [bottom] ... Meant This
02-230-27. Pg. 4. Caption: Twin Lakes Advertisement
02-230-92. Pg. 6. Caption: Jack Cram with Jane Auxier and daughters Alexandria and Sarah.
02-230-44. Pg. 8. Caption: [top left] Don Ross, Blackcomb Marketing Director, Resident of Whiskey Jack.
02-230-31. Pg. 8. Caption: [top middle] Stu Denholm, Husky gas jockey, Resident of White Gold Estates.
02-230-37. Pg. 8. Caption: [top right] Nick Dilalla, Parking Attendant, Resident of Alpine Meadows.
02-230-35. Pg. 8. Caption: [bottom left] Kerri Kent, Salesperson at McConkey's Ski Shop, Resident of Alpine Meadows.
02-230-38. Pg. 8. Caption: [bottom middle] Jeff Wuolle, Property of Twin Peaks, Resident of Alpine Meadows.
02-230-33. Pg. 8. Caption: [bottom right] Sandy Boyd, Valley Coordinator at Whistler Mountain, Resident of Gondola Area.
02-230-74. Pg. 11. Caption: Where there's a will, there's a way. Ted Pryce-Jones became a real hoser at the Husky pumps over the holiday rush.
02-230-15. Pg. 13. Caption: Willie Whistler poses with some of the racers at the base of the village lifts.
02-230-93. Pg. 14. Caption: [Masterminding Music - Doug Chapman]
02-230-7. Pg. 15. Caption: There off! One of the groups start in the ALSC juniors only X-Country race January 2.
02-230-49. Pg. 18. Caption: Bus time! A small afternoon gathering a the village entrance.
02-230-47. Pg. 20. Caption: Two real longhorns -- assistant manger, Gavin Yee with manager Peter Grant.

Week of March 25, 1982

Photographs including but not limited to Paul Burrows; birthday party; musicians; skiing from the peak; camping; mountaineering; Cheakamus Icebreaker Championship kayaking; Peter Chzrywowski; cross-country skiing race; dogs; cars; Creekside Husky; Whistler Creek shop; Whistler Village; Rotary Club; Avalanche Area; skiers; construction; house interiors; PTC Bingo Night
Appears in March 25, 1982 issue:
02-253-158. Pg. 1. Caption: Staff photographer freezes the snow avalanche on film as it roars off the roof of the Whistler Sports & Convention Centre on Friday, March 19. More photos on pages 21 & 26. P. Burrows Photo.
02-253-22. Pg. 4. Caption: The construction camp site claims another victim. This van was stuck in a hole last weekend.
02-253-264. Pg. 7. Caption: Duane Perrett of Pinecrest takes a run through the gates at the Icebreaker Championships, the first race in the B.C. 1982 whitewater season. Perrett is one of the many paddlers in the Whistler area who takes advantage of the swift mountain rivers in the valley.
02-253-186. Pg. 8. Caption: [top left] Ken Warke, Gentleman explorer extraordinaire, Tamarisk resident.
02-253-180. Pg. 8. Caption: [top middle] Florence Corrigan, Pharmacist, Adventures West resident.
02-253-173. Pg. 8. Caption: [top right] Bob Daly, School principal, Alpine Meadows resident.
02-253-176. Pg. 8. Caption: [bottom left] Jimmy Warren, Doorman, Whistler Vale resident.
02-253-179. Pg. 8. Caption: [bottom middle] Lois Paterson, Whistler Janitorial Services, Alpine Meadows resident.
02-253-191. Pg. 8. Caption: [bottom right] Mike 'Stoner' Stone, Bartender, White Gold Estates resident.
02-253-35. Pg. 10. Caption: John Bartosik gives a good squeeze to the head of our now long-lost Mouthpiece as one of the many rites of passage administered at Maloney's well-celebrated going away party. So long, Mick. Long may you stay on the wagon.
02-253-260. Pg. 11. Caption: Kayaker heads down the Cheakamus under the bridge in the Ice Breaker Race held March 21.
02-253-268. Pg. 14. Caption: Duane Perrett gets ready in the snowy starting gate at the Cheakamus Ice Breaker race March 21.
02-253-168. Pg. 15. Caption: Lucky winner at the PTC Bingo Night leaves with his prize while caller Bob Daly and Gary Raymond get ready for the next game.
02-253-212. Pg. 16. Caption: Smith Brothers Wilson forge ahead on the rebuilding of the Keg building which burned on Feb. 13.
02-253-87. Pg. 19. Caption: [left] Loreen Barnet, of the ALSC, won the open women's division in Whistler's last Nordic race of the season.
02-253-90. Pg. 19. Caption: [right] Peter Rehor placed third in the open men's section in Saturday's race. He finished with a time of 46:04.
02-253-162. Pg. 21. Caption: This was the scene after tons of snow ended up on the top of parking structure 'A' after it fell of the Sports & Convention Centre roof Friday afternoon.
02-253-53. Pg. 23. Caption: [top] Skiing down one of the slopes in the Spearhead range.
02-253-148. Pg. 23. Caption: [bottom] Rotary lot winner -- Larry Desjardins of Burnaby (left) is presented with land deed by Whistler Rotary president Bob Brown on the site lost Friday.
02-253-231. Pg. 26. Caption: [top] Moments before 50 tons of snow slid from the roof of the Sports & Convention Centre, Doug Fox, Cliff Jennings and crew tried shovelling snow away from facia beams.
02-253-229. Pg. 26. Caption: [middle] Within 24 hours, this glum had been twisted from its foundation by the moving snow mass.
02-253-171. Pg. 26. Caption: [bottom] Keep moving is right! Someone with a sense of humour then added the sign on the left to the warning on the right.

Toad Hall - Nita - Alta Lake - Tracks - Land - Q

Photographs of a Land Rover being towed (3/2/196/36), the 'Good shit Lolly Pot' outdoor toilet construction (3/2/196/37), George Benjamin sitting at Gulf gas station, Toad Hall, Green Lake (3/2/196/50), and a motorcycle.

Posters

The posters include a black and white poster promoting the Porsche Club of America's third annual weekend event in Whistler on the weekend of August 26th-28th, 1983, a poster advertising a Halloween masquerade ball fundraiser, a poster print of a painting of a ski racer in a yellow racing outfit skiing downhill amidst an abstract run with trees and snow, a large colour poster with the title " Whistler Resort Getaway", a large colour poster promoting the Whistler Summer Street Festival from between [1987 and the 1990s], a colour poster for the Music in the Mountains Whistler concert series in 1995 and 1996, a print of a vantage map of the Whistler Valley and surrounding mountains in 1994, a large collectors edition poster of the 1998 Canada's World Cup Ski Team, a poster advertising all the summer activities available at Whistler, a poster advertising the Molson World Downhill race that ran in Whistler on March 11th, 1984, a poster for Heli-Skiing Whistler, a poster of Creekside Base and Whistler Mountain at night in the [late 1970s or early 1980s], a poster for the 1984 Volvo Ski Show World Tour, a poster about the 1984 Whistler Winterfest, a large poster for the Shell Cup Canadian Championships for Cross Country Skiing, and a large poster for the Shell Cup Canadian Championships for Alpine Downhill ski racing.

Gordon McKeever Fonds

  • GMCK
  • Fonds
  • 1970-2009

Fond consists of material donated by Gordon McKeever and includes promotional stickers for Whistler Mountain and Whistler Blackcomb, a promotional book for Whistler's restaurants, four travel planners created by the Whistler Resort Association to promote both Winter and Summer seasons between 1997 and 2000, a paper spiral bound guide for Whistler Resort Association (WRA) members from November 15th, 1996, a 1999 VHS promotional resort video guide for the Resort Municipality of Whistler, a variety of materials supporting the 2010 Winter Olympic Games, four paper business directory booklets printed for the Whistler Chamber of Commerce dating from 1994, 1996, and 1999, and sixteen posters depicting a variety of subject matter including Whistler festivals, ski racing events, concert series, car shows, heli-skiing, Molson and Shell Cups, and Whistler Resort tourism.

1977-1999

Photographs of mountain views, skiing and snowboarding on Whistler Mountain and Blackcomb Mountain, sunrises, Whistler Village, the Coast Range, Mt. Weart, Wedge Mountain, Black Tusk, Snowcat groomers, Fitzsimmons Creek, chairlifts, gondolas, Village Run, ice fishing, frozen lakes, avalanche control, avalanches, the Whistler backcountry, geese on the lake, Andy Munster and Bonnie Munster's squat cabin near Fitzsimmons Creek, construction of Whistler Village, T-bars, Pika's Restaurant and Roundhouse Lodge, Rendezvous Lodge, apres ski, Whistler Terrain Park, Whiskey Jack Run on Whistler Mountain, Glacier Bowl, Tantalus Lodge, Telemark Place, Whistler Conference Centre construction, chairlift installation on Whistler Mountain, the Mouton Cadet 10th Anniversary Spring Festival, costumes, group portraits, freestyle skiing and snowboarding, Whistler Peak, Christmas decorations and parties, Village North, Upper Village, cross-country skiing, the Saudan Couloir Ski Race Extreme, the Torchlight Parade, fireworks, Gondola Barn and Creekside, paragliding, Cheakamus Lake, Chez Joel, Tapley's Neighbourhood Pub, aerial photography, Kids Kamp, Ski Scamps, marmots, Willie Whistler, retail, ski equipment, firefighters and firetrucks combating the Keg fire, Stoney's, windsurfing, the Lil'wat Nation performing in Village Square, the Great Snow Earth Water Race, a cycling race in Whistler Village, canoeing, a swimsuit fashion show, the swimming pool at Mountainside Lodge, heli-skiing, Mountain Hosts, mountain staff, picnics on the mountain, ski racing, adaptive skiing, beach volleyball at Rainbow Park, weighlifting in Whistler Village, barbecues on the mountain, Squamish Days Logger Sports Festival, Molson Molstar ski races, Molson World Cup Downhill races and awards, Whistler Golf Course and driving range, hot air balloons, children with balloons and clowns, the Fire Hall, the Jazz Festival, water skiing, a carnival at Base II, snowmen, Longhorn Saloon & Grill, sunbathing, a car show, choir, glaciers, Glacier Drive, the Labatts World Cup Freestyle Championship, Whisky jack birds eating food, mini putt, fisheye photography, the Vale Inn, Village Gate, meadows of flowers, a barn in Pemberton, swans, the Husky gas station on Highway 99, Brandywine Falls, soccer at Myrtle Philip School, Blackcomb Daylodge, Arnold Palmer at Whistler Golf Course, and the opening ski convoy for Nancy Greene Olympic Lodge (now Crystal Lodge).

Week of July 10 [2], 1980

Photographs including but not limited to driving; hang gliding in the mountains; wedding at the chapel
02-103-14. Pg. 1. Caption: Wedge Mountain from the northwest showing the steep couloir where Gerhard Singler fell to his death.
02-103-8. Pg. 4. Caption: New location for Town Hall put municipal buildings adjacent to Public Safety Building (PSB) on the north side. Upstairs meeting room in the PSB will be used for Council Chambers.
02-103-58. Pg. 9. Caption: (top) The second couple from the left is Debbie Teigen-Duplain and Brock Duplain, Whistler's newest newlyweds, seen here with their ushers and bridesmaids outside the Whistler chapel.
02-103-73. Pg. 9. Caption: (middle) Wedding guests catch a close-up of the belly dancers at the Keg reception.
02-103-65. Pg. 9. Caption: The wedding hall set with finery ready for the post-nuptial feast.
02-103-29. Pg. 10. Caption: [top right] Arsenault takes off from Whistler's topmost peak. Lack of wind caused him to plummet 40 feet before catching a rising thermal air current.
02-103-26. Pg. 10. Caption: (below left) Making final adjustments before his historic 'first'.
02-103-32. Pg. 10. Caption: [bottom left] A craggy finger of rock juts from the peak as Arsenault, a small triangle over Alta Lake and the Westside Road, drifts like a condor almost a mile above the valley floor.
02-103-49. Pg. [16]. Caption: Dale Arsenault completing the first hang-glide journey from the top of Whistler to the base facilities near Highway 99. See story page 10.

Week of June 28, 1982

Photographs including but not limited to Sid Young; signs; town planning; Myrtle Philip Awards; Dave Murray; Bob Daly; Danny Carson; parking garage; parade; clowns; strawberry picking at Naylor Berry Farm; paddle-boating; Whistler Country Guides boating; helicopter; trucks; Creekside Husky
Appears in July 1, 1982 issue:
02-280-82. Pg. 1. Caption: Stubborn as a mule! Inspite of the efforts of the 'D'Arcy Prospectors' this donkey refused to cross the BCR tracks during the Pemberton Parade in celebration of Canada week.
02-280-90. Pg. 2. Caption: Neal Davidge on Al Staehli's horse following the Pemberton Canada Week Parade June 27.
02-280-107. Pg. 3. Caption: [top] Chopper heads out with a bucket of water to help squelch the recent forest fire in Cheak
02-280-51. Pg. 7. Caption: Principal Bob Daly gets his own award at the MPS awards day from student Stephanie Fosty.
02-280-25. Pg. 8. Caption: [top left] W. Doug Fox, Vice-President of Finance & Operations, Whistler Village Land Co.
02-280-5. Pg. 8. Caption: [top middle] Mike Vance, Coordinator of Planning and Design, Whistler Village Land Co.
02-280-34. Pg. 8. Caption: [top right] David O'Keefe, Skier Services and North Side Coordinator, Whistler Mountain Ski Corp.
02-280-37. Pg. 8. Caption: [bottom left] Greg Griffith, Photographer, Owner of Mountain Moments.
02-280-29. Pg. 8. Caption: [bottom middle] Sid Young, Alderman, Land Company Director, Travel Agent.
02-280-3. Pg. 8. Caption: [bottom right] AL Raine, Executive Director of Whistler Resort Association.
02-280-94. Pg. 9. Caption: Jan Naylor displays some of the strawberries (see inset) now ready for picking at the Naylor Berry Farm 3 km north of Pemberton.
02-280-92. Pg. 9. Caption: [inset] Strawberries.
02-280-97. Pg. 11. Caption: Not even the rain stopped these kids from a practice paddle on Alta Lake for the Whistler Country Guides Kids Races. Bad weather postponed the races to Saturday, July 3 at 9:30 a.m. at Wayside Park.
02-280-46. Pg. 12. Caption: Dave Murray presents Willy Raine with the Dave Murray award at the school awards day June 28.
02-280-10. Pg. 14. Caption: New stop signs often get ignored, so the municipality placed reminders in front of this sign on the intersection of Rainbow, Matterhorn and Camino Drive.
02-280-112. Pg. 16. Caption: Not a military invasion of Whistler! This row of army vehicles was part of a contingent of about 15 trucks from the 12th Service Battalion from Sea Island that stopped off at Whistler over the weekend en route to Lillooet Lake as part of a deployment exercise.

1979-2003

Photographs of golfing, fishing, windsurfing, aerial shots of the Whistler Valley, hiking on Singing Pass Trail and Musical Bumps Trail, Brandywine Falls, 7th Heaven, a hike to Wedgemount Lake, Alta Lake, Lost Lake, Anderson Lake, mountain biking, the Garibaldi Gruel, Joffre Lakes, the Whistler Jazz Festival, Cheakamus Lake, Black Tusk, Roundhouse Lodge, Eagles, Howe Sound, swimming, inukshuks, golf courses, and the Columbia River Gorge in Oregon.

1978-2007

Photographs of various people skiing and snowboarding on Whistler and Blackcomb Mountains, cross-country skiing, aerial shots of the mountains and Whistler Village, early construction of Whistler Village, Creekside Gondola, the Squamish Days Logger Sports Festival, mountain views, Arnold Palmer golfing at Whistler Golf Course, the Delta Mountain Inn, ski racing at the Molson World Cup Downhill and Hochtaler Cup, canoeing, chairifts, the water slide at the Springs, hang gliding, hockey on a frozen lake, tennis, events on the mountain, Ski Scamps, RCMP, Willie Whistler, Christine's Restaurant at Rendezvous Lodge, snow bikes, sledding, catskiing, heli-skiing, snowboarding, fishing, alpenglow, deer, a gambling event at Whistler Conference Centre, Alta Lake, Whistler Cay, Andy and Bonnie Munster's cabin, Lyall Featherstone's cabin, Green Lake, the rescue cable car over the Cheakamus River in Cheakamus Crossing, a helicopter evacuating someone, Roundhouse Lodge, a helicopter at the microwave tower, alpenglow on Mt. Weart and Wedge Mountain, adaptive ski racing, fireworks, trampolining at the Highland Lodge, an event in the Myrtle Philip School gym, a car show in Village Square, Skier's Chapel, Nasty Jack's, Longhorn Saloon & Grill, Dos Senoritas Restaurant, the Jazz Festival on the mountain, Cheakamus Lake, aerobics, choir, sunsets, swimming pools, hotels, a Labatt's hot air balloon, Whistler Resort & Club at Nita Lake, freestyle skiing and snowboarding, ski ballet, Fitzsimmons Creek, Vale Inn, backcountry skiing, condominiums in the Benchlands, Secret Bowl, the Saudan Couloir, Black Tusk, Excalibur Gondola, Harmony Bowl, Symphony Bowl, Christmas lights, Whistler Peak, Village North, and Birkenhead Peak in Pemberton.

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