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Prints 065-067

Photographs of the Ponies carrying materials up Whistler Mountain for the creation of the ski lifts (with a post-it reading "Ponies used to transport construction materials to the Alpine - hence the run name 'Pony Trail'"), "Diamond" Jim McConkey skiing Whistler Mountain in the early 1970s, and Jim McConkey in January 1985.

Negatives 319-349

Photographs of a Whistler Mountain season's pass advertisement, correspondence, a portrait of Franz Wilhelmsen, and GODA and Garibaldi Lifts Ltd. documents.

G.W. 4

Photograph of [Dag Aabye] doing a handstand in skis on Whistler Mountain.

G.W. 5

Photograph of [Dag Aabye] in skis using poles to lift himself up in the air on Whistler Mountain.

BCIT Documents

  • MACLAURIN_2017_011-001
  • Series
  • 1960 - 2013
  • Part of Don MacLaurin

Series contains records from the time Don MacLaurin was employed at BCIT. Records reflect MacLaurin's activity as a professor, included course notes, assignments, and correspondence.

G.W. 6

Photograph of [Dag Aabye] in skis using poles to lift himself up in the air on Whistler Mountain.

Prints 032-043

Photographs of people standing outside the Roundhouse, a poster of Rob Boyd for Dave Murray's Molson Masters Camps 1986/87, an advertisement to get a season's pass, skiers gearing up, an advertisement for the Canadian Amateur Ski Association, the original Whistler Gondola, ski run construction (felled logs), an advertisement for Whistler Mountain as 'The Big Old Softie', a road-side sign announcing the construction of the Whistler Mountain resort, a child skiing, and Village Square packed with spectators for the medal ceremony of the Molson World Cup Downhill.

Transparencies 001-003

Photographs of children sitting on a rail cart, Whistler Mountain officials showing Prince Philip a model of Whistler Mountain, and men giving a speech.

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.
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