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A Whistler Museum & Archives Society 1988 Calendar Diary. Contains monthly calendar pages from January-December 1988. Also contains numerous archival photos and captions as listed below;

• "1921 Peak Experience viewing 7th Heaven?" : Alex and Myrtle Philip (in dark clothes) guide guests on a day's hike from Rainbow Lodge.
  -"She'll be coming round the mountain when she comes ..." : Myrtle Philip poses with officials of the Pacific Great Eastern (P.G.E.) railways by the 1935 ford with flanged wheels used to travel on the railroad.
  -"Whistler's First Hotel" : 1926 Deluxe accommodation - the Alta Lake Hotel - built and operated by Russ Jordan near the Alta Lake P.G.E. station near the south end of Alta Lake.
• "Bring your own knap-sack" : Green Lake General Store: Saddle & Pack - J.C. Rougier, prop.
  -"Teddy Bear's Picnic!" : May 1926: Orphaned "Teddy Bear" was raised at Rainbow Lodge by Myrtle Philip. When grown, he was 'retired' to the Stanley Park Zoo in Vancouver, B.C.
• "You should have seen the ones that got away!" : The day's catch: Myrtle Philip and guests at Rainbow Lodge, Alta Lake, B.C. c.1915.
  -"Ivan's Workout - Rainbow Style" : Ivan Ackery of Vancouver's Orpheum Theatre fame was a frequent guest at Rainbow Lodge, Alta Lake, B.C. c.1930.
• "The Happy Gang" : The first picnic of the Alta Lake Community Club was held in 1923 at Rainbow Point. Mr. Harry Horstman presided with the coffee pot.
• "Early Local Trapper":
  -August 1911: Lou Penniston and Myrtle Philip (right) pose with Charlie Barbour and John Miller (centre) at Mile 34 1/2 on the P.G.E. Railway - now the site of Function Junction. Miller Creek, named for John, flows southward from Alpha Lake.
  -John Miller and Charlie Barbour with Alex Philip (right) stand in front of Miller's cabin and chicken house. This recorded the first visit by the Philips to the Valley after a long walk from Squamish. John rented out bunks at 50¢ per night to travellers.
  -"On the Edge"
  • Sept. 10, 1923. Neal Carter on Wedge Mountain with Alta Lake showing in the background.
  • Sept. 12, 1923. Charles Townsend on the summit of Mt. Turner viewing Turner Glacier.
• Myrtle and "the boys" trail riding at Rainbow Lodge, Alta Lake, B.C., with Armchair and Wedge Mountains in the background.
• "Horsepower" : (Left to Right): Jack Jardine, Tom Neiland, Pat O'Neill and Jenny Jardine logging out poles in 1931 on Neiland's Ranch at Mile 34 1/2 near today's gravel pit at Function Junction. Wedge and Armchair Mountains show in the distance.
• Christmas holidays in the 1920s at Rainbow Lodge, Alta Lake, B.C. :
  • Jean Tapley, followed by her sister Myrtle Philip skiing down "Lorimer Road".
  • Guest with Jean and Myrtle waiting for the train at Rainbow Station with the "Bridge of Sighs" in the background.
    -Mr. & Mrs. Coleman from Seattle with Myrtle, 1923.
  • Skating on Alta Lake, looking north.
    -"Peace, quietness and graciousness lives in the lives of those who have made this spot their home"
    The last pages also include a request for donations of pertinent material to the Museum and Archives, a brief history of the Alta Lake Community Club, Photography acknowledgements and a thank you for purchasing the calendar.

Photographs including but not limited to Garibaldi construction; chairlift construction; Orange Chair on Whistler Mountain; 19 Mile Creek bridge work; "Little Red" Chair construction; Blackcomb Mountain access road
02-036-09. pg.5. Caption: Top drive station of the new "Little Red" chairlift being built at the top of Whistler Ski area.

Photographs of a helicopter in a meadow and in a construction site, a pitched tent, a hiking trail, people melting snow on a rock into cups, Garibaldi Lake in the winter, discoloured snow, an aerial view of Brohm Ridge, a provincial park restrictions sign including 'no picking wildflowers' and 'no cutting trees', a train station, a house in a forested area, a meadow and trees with forest fire smoke in the background, hikers on a mountain with Table Mountain in the background, a helicopter taking off in a meadow, 3 people sitting in a meadow that is covered with wildflowers, a hiker above a lake, a hiker on a slope, and 2 people collecting samples.

FEN_02_02_008 and 014 labelled "[Brohm?] Ridge".

Two Resort Municipality of Whistler newsletters from February 1979 and March 1981 sent to the Alpine Club of Canada Vancouver Section. The issues were read and used by the Section executive of the Club and were previously part of the Section archive.

The newsletters broach subjects including regarding a Garibaldi Lift Company announcement to develop the North Face of Whistler Mountain, the rights to develop Blackcomb Mountain by Fortress Mountain Resorts Ltd, the sod turning ceremony of the Town Core [Whistler Village], announcement for a contract for underground parking, the announcement that Arnold Palmer Enterprises set to design an 18 hole golf course [Whistler Golf Course], the Whistler Volunteer Fire Department, private water systems, the Information Center, thank-yous to council members, welcomes to newly elected council members, highway improvements to the north, subdivision paving, overnight camping, Health Center and ambulance service, efforts to establish an R.C.M.P detachment, establishment of a ski train, television and radio reception, bylaws to control dogs and noise, taxes, establishing a municipal works yard, employee housing, schools, road maintenance, garbage service, zoning, recreational facilities, legal costs, budgets, flooding, gas utilities, Municipal Hall, bus transportation, Sunday shopping, construction, the cemetery, and the Cheakamus River.