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Photographs of garden areas, a car show, and an orchestra playing in Whistler Village in August 1989.

Official guide to the Whistler Country & Blues Festival which includes small biographies of all the performers, a schedule of events, a listing of other festival events, and an advertisement for the Barnstorm dance party at the Whistler Conference Centre. The festival ran July 23-25, 1993.

Scrapbook containing newspaper clippings, programs, and other material about artistic and cultural events in Whistler.

Topics include: the Whistler Community Arts Council, the Children's Art Festival, the Whistler Arts Experience, Artrageous, Bizarre Bazaar, Discovery Day, Art on the Lake, Whistler's cultural plan, municipal arts grants, Brazilian capoeira, storytelling, First Nations art, Russian folk music, life of Harriet Tubman, public art forum, art galleries, concerts, singers, dancers, musicians, clowns, comedy shows, and theatrical performances.

Scrapbook containing newspaper clippings, programs, and other material about artistic and cultural events in Whistler from January 1997 to June 1999.

Topics include: the Whistler Community Arts Council, the Whistler Centre for Business and the Arts, the Children's Art Festival, planning for a new cultural facility, Whistler Arts & Crafts Experience, 1997 Spring Series, Vancouver TheatreSports League, traditional Ecuadorian music, Vancouver Chinese Music Ensemble, Bizarre Bazaar, 1998 Midwinter Spirit Revival, Spring Family Fun Festival, 1998-99 Winter and Spring Series, Zimbabwean music and dance, Potato People, flamenco, Celtic music, Acadian music, drumming, ventriloquism, dinner theatre, artist inventory, potlatch lecture series, concerts, musicians, comedy shows, and theatrical performances.

Scrapbook containing newspaper clippings, programs, and other material about artistic and cultural events such as shows, concerts, and theatrical performances being held in Whistler from October 1988 to June 1989 and from February 1995 to February 1996. Events include include "Lucien," "Moonlodge," "the f word," "three blondes too," "The Arrogant Worms," "Rumpelstiltskin," "The Cashore Marionettes," "Rick Scott," "The Melloyds," "Art ’89," "Jumpstart Theatre," "The Hornets," "The Ballad of Phil Ochs," and "The Goh Ballet."

Photographs including but not limited to Myrtle Philip School gym class; Whistler Village; canoeing; Dave Murray's team in the Great Snow Earth Water Race; windsurfing Alta Lake; car accident in the river; water aerials; baseball; The Noteables band playing; bear; swimming; kayaking; Fall Festival
Appears in September 9, 1982 issue:
02-259-70. Pg. 1. Caption: He flies through the air with the greatest of ease ... Oh the joys of being airborne .. especially when you've just hurtled down the aerial ramp at Lost Lake. But oh, the chill it all once you hit that water. Eleven competitors took part in this year's aerial acrobatic competition. For their story, turn to page 14.
02-259-124. Pg. 2. Caption: Bears have been a problem for businesses located in Whistler's Industrial Park. Provincial wildlife traps are catching more than the normal number of ornery critters.
02-259-28. Pg. 6. Caption: [left] Karin Strom-Gundersen, Vancouver.
02-259-34. Pg. 6. Caption: [middle] Carolyn Henshaw, Delta, B.C.
02-259-31. Pg. 6. Caption: [right] Axel Andkide, Essex, Ontario.
02-259-13. Pg. 7. Caption: [bottom left] Cris Simpson and Duncan Maxwell sharpen their pencils for the first lesson of the term at Myrtle Philip Elementary School September 7.
02-259-16. Pg. 7. Caption: [bottom right] Busy little bees and industrious beavers welcome students to Miss Christopher's classroom.
02-259-91. Pg. 8. Caption: This compact Renault driven by Mike Li of Vancouver left the road just south of the Wedge Creek turnoff and ended up in Green River. The accident, which resulted in minor injuries to 27-year-old Li and his female passenger, occurred at 5 p.m. September 6.
02-259-171. Pg. 12. Caption: [top] It was a tough weekend of close plays, but when all the dust settled in this weekend's slow pitch tourney Tapley's were the winners.
02-259-140. Pg. 12. Caption: [middle] In second place -- Burnt Stew Beavers, followed by Araxi's Triple A's, Yacht Club, Municipality, Delta Mountain Inn, Season and Blackcomb Lodge.
02-259-175. Pg. 13. Caption: [top] The Great Waters Race: It could get bigger but not better
02-259-39. Pg. 13. Caption: [middle left] Great Waters Race
02-259-18. Pg. 13. Caption: [middle centre] Great Waters Race
02-259-163. Pg. 13. Caption: [middle right] Great Waters Race
02-259-24. Pg. 13. Caption: [bottom left] Great Waters Race
02-259-60. Pg. 13. Caption: [bottom right] Great Waters Race
02-259-51. Pg. 14. Caption: It was no easy task, but for the second year in a row Stoney's team walked away with first-place honours in the Great Waters Race. (L to R) Dave Murray, Jinny Ladner, Ken Hardy, Lisa Nicholson and Brian Allen.

Photographs including but not limited to teepees; Native Canadian culture; music; horse-drawn wagon; swimming in river

Photographs including but not limited to baseball; portraits; Whistler board game; racecar; Blackcomb Mountain; Scandinavian folk dancing; symphony at the Brackendale; Terry Fox Run; Alpine Paving
Appears in September 29, 1983 issue:
02-355-35. Pg. 9. Caption: [left] Whistler's newest and only board game features a mock Highway 99 plus ski runs and pares-ski challenges.
Appears in September 22, 1983 issue:
02-355-68. Pg. 1. Caption: Amateur raced driver Dan Pantages sits at the helm of his Lotus Super Seven, a four-cylinder exposed wheel racer capable of about 160 kph. Pantages joined bout 35 other car enthusiasts over the weekend for a hillclimb race of the steep, winding road to Blackcomb Daylodge. Slightly modified cars raced as well as exotic speedsters, but out of all the cars the fastest time was turned in by a dune buggy. Drivers competed in a slalom course as well as in Blackcomb parking lot. The hillclimb and rally were sponsored by the Burnaby-Coquitlam Motorsport Association. Competitors came form as far away as Prince George.
02-355-46. Pg. 3. Caption: [top] On your mark, get set, go! The Terry Fox Run Sunday saw 48 runners complete the 10km circuit around Lost Lake to raise $280. Organized last moment by Jenny Busdon and Candy Rusted, a suggestion from participants was to ask one of the clubs to run it next year. How about it, you guys?
02-355-148. Pg. 3. Caption: [bottom] An improved road leading into the Club Cabin area from Highway 99 needs a stop sign, having been without one since roadwork was completed in the early summer. The intersection is located about one km north of the Gondola area on a stretch of highway with poor visibility in either direction. Ministry of Highways District Manager for the area, Ron Winbow, said Tuesday, "We'll take care of it."
02-355-109. Pg. 5. Caption: Chris Carson and friends performed Scandinavian folk dancing during Whistler's Class of '83 arts and crafts show Friday.
02-355-4. Pg. 6. Caption: [left] Michael Ballingall, Promotions Manager, Kelowna.
02-355-11. Pg. 6. Caption: [middle] Grant Keys, Waiter, Brio.
02-355-7. Pg. 6. Caption: [right] Dan Ladd, Restaurant employee, North Vancouver.
02-355-110. Pg. 6. Caption: [bottom] When Peter Brown throws a party, money is not the biggest concern. Brown, had of Canarim Investments, treated employees to a weekend of baseball and assorted fun activities. The company limousine, complete with telephone, spent Saturday in the shade of Whistler Resort Association's Arabesque tent, along with a weekend supply of appropriate refreshments.
02-355-155. Pg. 7. Caption: Workmen from Alpine Paving completed paving on Village Stroll Monday. Coastal Mountain Excavations also placed three drainage basins 10 days ago ensuring the last year's puddle problems aren't repeated next spring. Curbs have also been placed along Whistler Way and Mountain Lane. Paving of those roads should occur next week.
02-355-166. Pg. 9. Caption: [top] Frank Bunting's Datsun 280Z takes a sharp one on the way to a winning time;
02-355-173. Pg. 9. Caption: [middle left] Above, a Datsun 510 that hit gravel on the first curve ... and rolled.
02-355-115. Pg. 9. Caption: [middle right] Formula Race drivers waits for the big moment -- racing up Blackcomb at 85 kph;
02-355-66. Pg. 9. Caption: [bottom] Pictures Clockwise from below: Crew checks out Uwe Gildemeister's heavily modified VW Rabbit before race;
02-355-79. Pg. 10. Caption: One of the EBAP workers does the preliminary work on a cycling/cross-country skiing bridge between Village Gate Boulevard and Whistler Way.
02-355-12. Pg. 11. Caption: Sayuri Fukasawa (left) travel counsellor in the Canadian Embassy in Tokyo, was shown Whistler Monday by Mayor Shirley Henry of Pemberton and Drew Meredith, executive director of Whistler Resort Association. Mayor Henry is trying to get Pemberton a sister city in Japan.
02-355-156. Pg. 12. Caption: (from left to right) Sydney Humphries, Philippe Etter, Bryan King and Ian Hampton return for the second encore at Sunday's performance of the Purcell String Quartet at Brackendale Art Gallery.
02-355-053. [From left to right: unknown, unknown, unknown, Don Goodall, and Bart Imlov]

Photographs including but not limited to exercising on a mini trampoline and with weight machines; punching bags; portraits; Whistler Cay Heights; golfing; construction; band playing; roads; children's activities; drinking at a pub; cars; houses; cabin on fire; firefighters; bartending course
Appears in September 13, 1984 issue:
02-416-B-26. Pg. 3. Caption: [top] The Raines: Willy, Charley, Nancy and Al, returned to Whistler just before school started after two years in Crans, Montana, Switzerland. Al and Nancy were ski instructors in the 1,500-person resort while the 14-year-old twins went to school in the French speaking community.
02-416-B-20. Pg. 14. Caption: [left] Rebecca Renfrew, Computer Programmer, Alpine Meadows.
02-416-B-25. Pg. 14. Caption: [middle] Hatto Horn, Chef, Alta Vista.
02-416-B-22. Pg. 14. Caption: [right] Barbara Voncina, Housekeeper, Tapley's Farm.
Appears in September 20, 1984 issue:
02-416-E-14. Pg. 1. Caption: Whistler Fire Department members Craig Barker (left) and Dave Steers were among the 22 firemen who rushed to the burning house at 9516 Emerald Drive early Sunday afternoon. Although the blaze appeared to be extinguished, it re-ignited early Monday morning.
02-416-E-23. Pg. 3. Caption: [left] Only the charred frame of Brian Fitzgerald's house remains after a fire quickly swept through it Sunday. The blaze took less than one-half hour to engulf the house.
02-416-E-27. Pg. 3. Caption: [right] (Below) Fitzgerald had removed much of the furniture from the house but what was left behind didn't survive the fire.
02-416-C-29. Pg. 8. Caption: Kin Lalat, a quintet of exiled Guatamalen musicians, entertained a sympathetic audience Sunday at the Pemberton Legion. The group uses traditional instruments including marimbas, maracas, drums and guitar, and a gives a strong outside voice to freedom-fighting Guatamalens.
02-416-D-29. Pg. 10. Caption: About 45 modified competition cars gathered here again this year for the Burnaby/Coquitlam Motorsport Association hill climb and rally over the weekend. Entrants ranged from formula cars to souped-up Datsuns.
02-416-E-5. Pg. 11. Caption: Dave Schock, from Great West Distillers, talked about small wineries and distilleries competing in an international market with multinationals at the Chamber of Commerce meeting in the Crystal Lodge last Tuesday. As well, the chamber announced it is raising its membership fees this year. Individual fees rise from $35 to $50, and corporate fees from $100-$135. Corporations can also pay fees quarterly which would work out to $150.
02-416-A-9. Pg. 14. Caption: New Delta Mountain Inn general manager Glen Bogden (left) was welcomed to the business community at a small cocktail party last Wednesday. Sjaan DiLalla from Crystal Lodge is introduced by Delta sales manager Charles Ku. Bowden comes to the Delta chain from Edmonton.
02-416-A-16. Pg. 18. Caption: [left] Kay Beckon, Waitress Brio, Wendy Downes, Longhorn manager, Alta Vista.
02-416-A-13. Pg. 18. Caption: [right] Kevin Burton with son Chris, Bartender, Brio.
02-416-A-15. Pg. 18. Caption: [bottom] Mark Angus, Pascal Tiphine and Umberto Menghi were jointly asked Whistler's Answers this week. Although they all agreed that yes, we need more cultural events here, they disagreed on the type of house wine village restaurants should use.
02-416-C-11. Pg. 21. Caption: Bartending course student Sandy Vallender practices the fine art of making a layered liqueur drink. Ross Smith, instructor of the three week course offered through Capilano College, teaches the 12 students everything they need to know about tending a bar professionally -- including the recipe for a perfect Martini.
02-416-A-024. [Foreground from left to right: unknown and Cheryl Morningstar, background from left to right: Russ Shepherd and Lindsay Wilson]
02-416-A-025. [From left to right: unknown, Wayne [Dichicson?],Doug Walsh, and Kathy MacAlister]
02-416-A-026. [From left to right: Jan DeLilla, Lindsay Wilson, unknown, and unknown]
02-416-A-029. [From left to right: Lorne Borgal, unknown, unknown]
02-416-A-031. [Ken Newington]

Photographs including but not limited to portraits; trampolining in Whistler Village; Opening of Alpha Lake Park; Willie Whistler; inside a bar; town planning; scooter; Fall Festival; guitarist playing; setting up for outdoor concert; dancing; clowns; Gondola Village; construction; gambling; midway rides; Rotary Club; darts; traffic lights; art; sculptures; band playing in Whistler Village
Appears in September 22, 1983 issue:
02-356-41. Pg. 8. Caption: Ross Smith, manager of Stoney's Restaurant, does his Hamlet imitation while teaching would-be bartenders the finer points of slinging gin. The three-week course takes place in Mountain House Cabaret.
Appears in September 15, 1983 issue:
02-356-109. Pg. 1. Caption: The Rangerettes Baton Corps of North Vancouver goes through its clown routine at Sunday's Fall Festival. Other entertainers at the weekend event included folk and can-can dancers a la classical, and live music in Village Square. Despite the wet conditions about 1,500 people were attracted to the end-of-summer extravaganza.
02-356-144. Pg. 3. Caption: [top] Parks employee Ted Pryce-Jones completes the new suspension bridge on Callaghan River near the Cheakamus River junction. Parks Planner Tom Barratt says the $12,000 bridge should be ready to cross this week.
02-356-136. Pg. 3. Caption: [bottom] Workmen from B & O Blacktop put the finishing touches on the Valley Drive bridge that was washed out in 1981.
02-356-140. Pg. 5. Caption: The five-bedroom condominium pictured in the left-hand corner is one of the first new building starts in the Whistler area since 1982. Pete Arturo and four friends are building the Gondola Village condominium for weekend use and expects to move in by early December.
02-356-10. Pg. 6. Caption: [left] Josee Milord, Unemployed, Emerald Estates
02-356-13. Pg. 6. Caption: [middle] Gerald Kilby, B.C. Hydro Employee, North Vancouver.
02-356-24. Pg. 6. Caption: [right] Ron Douglas, Manager, Araxi's Restaurant, Alpine Meadows.
02-356-130. Pg. 7. Caption: Hugh Hancock joins Blackcomb Skiing Enterprises as Marketing Manager. His position includes marketing Fortress Mountain near Banff. Other internal changes in Fortress Mountain Resorts Ltd. see Bill Williams appointed as Fortress general manager. Hancock, 36, is a long-time skier who discovered Whistler in 1973. His experience includes positions as assistant advertising manager at Labatt's Breweries and director of marketing for the Vancouver Whitecaps.
02-356-200. Pg. 8. Caption: Instant curbs ooze out of Alpine Paving's machine along Mountain Lane by Delta Mountain Inn. Paving is expected to be finished next week.
02-356-89. Pg. 11. Caption: [top left] Visitors and participants braved the elements Saturday and Sunday to make the most of Whistler's adieu to summer. (Upper Left) Tim Cleave from the New Westminster-based Shasta Trampoline levitates over Whistler Mountain.
02-356-237. Pg. 11. Caption: [top right] Kids had their bit of fun riding the giant merry-go-round set up in the VIP parking lot.
02-356-93. Pg. 11. Caption: [middle] A Rangerette baton team member looks skyward during a spritely Polynesian dance routine.
02-356-103. Pg. 11. Caption: [bottom left] One little tyke doesn't quite know what to make of the entertainment in Village Square. A few moments later he too joined the dancers.
02-356-86. PG. 11. Caption: [bottom right] Whistler's new Arabesque tent protects dancers and drinkers from the rain.
02-356-022. [From left to right, Trevor Roote, Bill Barrett, Karen Barrett, and Tom Barrett]
02-356-152. [Greg Athans]