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Aug 91 G Tokum Corners People Flood

Photographs of Tokum Corners after a flood, the Tokum Corners interior, Pacific Great Eastern railway tracks after a flood, the 3 owners of Tokum Corners: George Benjamin, John Hetherington, and Rod MacLeod (3/2/13/52), Bruce Prentice, and Chris Speedie (3/2/13/54).

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Photographs of a train on a bridge going over river rapids in the mountains, train tracks between Whistler and Vancouver, and aerial shots of a golf course.

Week of January 26, 1984

Photographs including but not limited to putting on ski boots; art; skiing; tennis; portraits; Whistler Mountain World Downhill course; railway tracks; Brandywine Falls; sledding; Ego Bowl; Canadian-American Fire and Police Winter Carnival; Dusty's
Appears in January 26, 1984 issue:
02-371-54. Pg. 1. Caption: After a spell of cold weather, Brandywine Falls was surrounded by icicles and ice last Friday. After a hike made difficult by hard, crusty snow, the beauty of the falls in Brandywine Provincial Park is well worth the visit.
02-371-14. Pg. 6. Caption: Eric Munis gets a helping hand from his dad, Larry, near Whistler's Village lifts Sunday. Eric, 5, said the skiing was "fine". Dad and son headed home to Oak Harbor, Washington after four days of skiing here in Whistler.
02-371-10. Pg. 7. Caption: With more than 26 cm of snow covering the valley Sunday morning, Whistler breathed a sigh of relief at the first major snowfall of the year. Skiers were schussing down into the village and one was even taking a rest from the day's activities in front of Carlton Lodge.
02-371-34. Pg. 8. Caption: [left] Al McElwee, Tow Truck Driver, Emerald Estates.
02-371-33. Pg. 8. Caption: [middle] Nell Den Duff, Housewife, White Gold.
02-371-31. Pg. 8. Caption: [right] Pam Adams, Housewife, Alta Vista.
02-371-6. Pg. 9. Caption: My studio is an old converted power station. It's all that's left of Woodcock, B.C., a deserted northwestern railroad town. Living there in the middle of the Coast Mountains is quite a contrast to growing up in Windsor and Detroit, where I watched the city consume the landscape. The writer is Carl Chaplin, a commercial artist cum visionary artist who flirts with imagery of nature as much as imagery of the apocalypse. He insists that a nuclear holocaust will destroy the world as we know it within two years. He also insist the powers of nature and imagination. His work is currently on display at Whistler Art Gallery in the Wedgeview Building (till Jan. 29), and the lobbies of Crystal Lodge and The Keg.
02-371-12. Pg. 11. Caption: Salomon Canada Representative Stuart Rempel tries out one of his firm's new SX91 ski boots on Gael booth, co-owner of Abominable Sports on Georgia with her husband Ron. Salomon was in town earlier this week displaying its 1984 models.
02-371-76. Pg. 14. Caption: More than 60 skiers took part in the first Super Molstar race of the year on Whistler Mountain's Ego Bowl Saturday. Two more races are planned for the season on Feb. 18 and March 4. The unique race regulations ensures that all competitors, no matter what skill level, have a chance to win.

Week of October 11, 1984

Photographs including but not limited to portraits; Foot in the Door band playing at a party; mountain views; helicopter; train wreck; flood
Appears in October 11, 1984 issue:
02-413-C-16. Pg. 1. Caption: Fifteen loaded freight cars were forced off the B.C. Rail track just north of Pemberton after the Lillooet River eroded material supporting ties and tracks. The railcars were part of a 96-car freight train southbound when the accident occurred early Monday morning. Elsewhere in Pemberton, houses, farmland and roads were flooded badly, but by Tuesday afternoon the flood was on the wane, although more rain was forecast.
02-413-D-19. Pg. 3. Caption: [top] Passersby saw the Soo River leap it banks on Highway 99 close to Pemberont Monday (top), but highway crews soon had the river under control.
02-413-F-7. Pg. 3. Caption: [bottom left]In Whistler, two log jams developed on the Cheakamus River and by Tuesday had reached a precarious point. Above, Mailoch and Moseley logging company employers survey a major buildup at the garbage dump bridge six miles south of Whistler. Cleanup operations began Tuesday night.
02-413-E-25. Pg 3. Caption: [bottom right] At right, Pemberton fire chief Milt Fernandez, who supervised rescue and flood control operations in the besieged town, takes a moment out at the rescue centre for victims of the Meager Creek disaster Sunday. Fernandez and other rescue workers laboured around the clock Monday and Tuesday before outside help arrived to push back the rising waters. But Pemberton wasn't the only victim of torrential rains.
02-413-A-1. Pg. 6. Caption: Whistler's slo-pitch league almost became snow pitch this season, but Stoney's pulled ahead before the flakes fell and won the championship in the 19-team league. Saturday's championship game against the Gourmet Rainbow Reefers saw the Stoney's crew (above) win 14 to 8, and had some observers calling the league the Beer and Whine league by the end. Next years should be another interesting season as the Tapley A's, make their long awaited slo-pitch debut. Pictured above, left to right: Norm Trottier, Lance Fletcher, Marianne Hardy, Dave Kipp, Paul Liakakos, Tim Malone, Val Jazic, Will Moffat, Sue Christopher, Dave Murphy, Barb Simpson, Wendy Jazic and Ron McCready.
02-413-A-12. Pg. 7. Caption: Rocco shows his ivories at the swan song peformance of local rock band Foot in the Door Friday night at Dusty's. The never-say-die band is saying goodbye to drummer Craig Barker, who's leaving for point east where he plans to get married. Fans past and present crowded Dusty's for the performance and long weekend, end-of-summer bash that'll keep tongues wagging for quite a while.
02-413-B-4. Pg. 10. Caption: [left] Thelma Johnstone, Manager, Alpine Meadows.
02-413-B-2. Pg. 10. Caption: [middle] Bob Stanlake, Business Executive, Vancouver.
02-413-B-6. Pg. 10. Caption: [right] Janice LeBlond, Dance Choreographer, Vancouver.
02-413-D-5. Pg. 10. Caption: [bottom] Pat Carleton (right), ex-mayor of Whistler, came out of the closet Sunday to join aldermanic candidates Paul Burrows, (left) Nancy Wilhelm-Morden in celebrating the official opening of Whistler's new municipal hall. The building, which was opened six weeks ago, was formerly used by Keg Restaurants, relocated and later renovated at a cost of $492,000.

Week of August 11, 1983

Photographs including but not limited to portraits; town planning; windsurfing on Alta Lake; cars; speaking over a microphone in Whistler Village; office; meeting; film crew; construction and surveying; logging; railway tracks; chairlift in summer
Appears in August 11, 1983 issue:
02-337-1. Pg. 3. Caption: [top] Bill Hooson (left) WMSC consultant and David Zelmer, vice president of International Land Corp. answer questions from the public on the Blueberry Trail Estates development at the public hearing Aug. 8.
02-337-183. Pg. 3. Caption: [bottom] Not quite the last spike but David Lane of Vancouver gives it all he's got Aug. 4 as BCR crews work on gauging the tracks at the Green River crossing 10km north of Whistler.
02-337-102. Pg. 5. Caption: Kevin C. Griffin, newest staff member at The Question limbers up his fingers for the flurry of reporting that awaits him. Griffin, a native of Vancouver, is a recent graduate of Langara's accelerated journalism program and has a B.A. in political science from UBC.
02-337-88. Pg. 6. Caption: [left] Karl Baumann, Professor of History, St. Moritz, Switzerland.
02-337-93. Pg. 6. Caption: [right] Vera-Lee Wren, Housewife, Seattle.
02-337-93. Pg. 6. Caption: [middle] Trudy Gruetzke, Hotel Manager, Whistler.
02-337-135. Pg. 8. Caption: [top right] (Above) Frederick Buxbaum leans into the wind during the triangular race on Saturday.
02-337-158. Pg. 8. Caption: [middle right] One of the competitors vies for position in the triangular race.
02-337-38. Pg. 8. Caption: [top left] (Above left) Heather Stewart shows her winning form in the slalom event.
02-337-155. Pg. 8. Caption: [bottom right] Rob Baarbe gets his sailboard in shape.
02-337-142. Pg. 9. Caption: Whistler Resort Association's newest member is Sharon Reid who started July 1 as a full-time reservation clerk. Reid previously worked at the Delta Mountain Inn as front office manager and replaces Greg Harrison.
02-337-107. Pg. 12. Caption: Reporters attending Monday's press conference announcing $138 million to improve Highway 99 seized upon the opportunity to poll the reaction of Mayor Mark Angus. Whistler's mayor later commented that although he doesn't like to bite the hand that feeds him, he does feel that highways dept. has taken too long with past construction projects, interfering with tourist traffic to the area.
02-337-69. Pg. 13. Caption: Bill Damm of the Alpha Romeo Club stands beside his $20,000 Guilietta Sprint Speciale. The Vancouver-based club was in Whistler on the weekend displaying the versatile Alpha Romeo.

Week of September 13, 1982

Photographs including but not limited to Fall Festival; running; trampolining; dancing; houses; Whistler Village; musicians playing; meal at a restaurant; Resort Municipality of Whistler sign; baseball; Myrtle Philip; Pat Carleton; railway track; Willie Whistler; car accident; go-karts; bouncy castle; children's events in Whistler Village; drinking; Fall Fest
Appears in September 30, 1982 issue:
02-304-22. Pg. 18. Caption: Pat Beauregard holds a handful of the mushrooms desirable for export.
Appears in September 23, 1982 issue:
02-304-161. Pg. 2. Caption: [top] Don Murray, newly appointed controller for food and beverage service for Whistler Mountain Ski Corp. Murray was formerly Assistant to the General Manager and has worked for the mountain since 1975.
02-304-19. Pg. 2. Caption: [bottom] Frank Lees, and his partner Sherie Dumont, new managers of food and beverage service at the Bavarian Inn. Before coming to Whistler Lees and Dumont worked for Canadian Cruise Lines.
02-304-24. Pg. 3. Caption: [bottom] Jaan DiLalla -- new manager of Crystal Lodge Town & Country Inn.
Appears in September 16, 1982 issue:
02-304-119. Pg. 1. Caption: [top left] Gumboot Lollipop gets a helping hand
02-304-276. Pg. 1. Caption: [top right] Delta Duck and Willie Whistler tee up
02-304-312. Pg. 1. Caption: [bottom right] and Two waiters roll through the waiter/waitress race during Fall Festival fun. More festival news and views page 2 and 7.
02-304-237. Pg. 2. Caption: Tapley's A's player streaks over home plate as a Pemberton Zipperhead fumbles the ball. Tapeless went on to win the game but came in fourth in the tournament.
02-304-172. Pg. 3. Caption: Workment repair warped boards on the Sports & Convention Centre roof to prevent further damage to the structure. According to Ken Browes, director for the Land Company, the repairs cost less than $5000. Browns did not know what further action would be taken to repair the roff, since no settlement has yet been reached as to whether the Land Company's or the architect's insurance will pay for the final repairs.
02-304-34. Pg. 6. Caption: [left] Don Gamache, MDC lot owner.
02-304-11. Pg. 7. Caption: [top left] Shasta Trampoline Club members soared.
02-304-110. Pg. 7. Caption: [middle left] Whistler children folk and troupe danced
02-304-346. Pg. 7. Caption: [top right] kids anticipated winter in snowflake drawing contest
02-304-49. Pg. 7. Caption: [middle centre] while Whistlerites proved what goes up must come down.
02-304-50 Pg. 7. Caption: [middle right] Waiters and waitresses raced
02-304-382. Pg. 7. Caption: [bottom left] and Terry Boston lauded the lowly duck
02-304-329. Pg. 7. Caption: [bottom middle] Waiters and waitresses raced.
02-304-401. Pg. 7. Caption: [bottom right] Edelweiss Dance Group from Victoria chopped. It was all going on at Whistler's second Fall Festival.
02-304-91. Pg. 8. Caption: Whistler Mayor Pat Carleton and Howe Sound MLA Allan Williams take in some of the scenery in Lost Lake Park. They were enrolee to the Sept. 11th official opening of the 500-acre recreational area.
02-304-74. Pg. 10. Caption: All in their places with bright shiny faces Myrtle Philip kindergarten class lines up before the 1st day of school.
02-304-133. Pg. 11. Caption: Dinner for two is delayed while Stuart Chyne learns about the finer points of playing the horn from Gumboot Lollipop at the beer garden in Whistler Village Sunday.
02-304-269. Pg. 12. Caption: Myrtle Philip cuts the opening ribbon held by Health Care Society Chairman Rollie Horsey Sept. 12.
02-304-250. Pg. 13. Caption: One of the vehicles which helped wipe out both signals at the Green River railway crossing -- a 1979 Ferrari which was driven by Brent Freitag of Vancouver.
02-304-024. [Jan DiLalla]
02-304-033. [Don Gamache]
02-304-072. [Left to Right: Paul Burrows and Bob Brown]
02-304-147. [Fourth child from the left is Jillian Carpay]
02-304-164. [Anita Webster and Doug Mear]
02-304-167. [The Cowsills band]
02-304-168. [Tom Barrett dancing with an unknown woman]
02-304-171. [From left to right: [Shelly Corasario?], Grant Balmer, unknown, unknown, unknown, and Katie Rodgers]
02-304-172. [From left to right: Ken White, unknown, Tracy Morben, Ann Chiasson, and unknown]
02-304-199. [Barry Cowsills, of The Cowsills band]
02-304-201. [Paul Burrows and Ed "Fast Eddie" Zinkovic dancing]
02-304-202. [Sonya McCarthy dancing with [?] Bishop]
02-304-205. [From left to right: unknown, Charlie Doyle, Anita Webster, and Glenda Bartosh]
02-304-361. [The man second from the right is Tom Simister]
02-304-362. [Three talking in the centre are: unknown, Franz Carpay, and Liz Brown]
02-304-363. [The man on the left is Sid Young]
02-304-364. [The man on the far left is Roger Suszad, and the man on the far right is Greg [?]]
02-304-366. [From left to right: Sid Young, Charlie Doyle, David Boyle, unknown, and unknown]

Week of June 22, 1982

Photographs including but not limited to boating Alta Lake; bike rodeo; School Sports Day; Carpay horses at town centre Whistler Village; fire; Carpa[y?] Estate; windsurfing and motorcycling at Alta Lake; heli-hiking; town planning; children's activities; mountaineering; Great Northern Railway; bar; railway tracks; cat; Spring Slalom Whitewater Kayaking; Paul Morrison; cycling; car accident; Whistler Riding Centre construction; First Annual Whistler Off-Road Bike Race
Appears in June 24 1982 issue:
02-281-60. Pg. 1. Caption: There's more than one way to cool down on a hot summer's day, as these cross country motorcyclists proved Sunday in Daisy Lake Park. -- Photo John Bartosik.
02-281-43. Pg. 2. Caption: Whistler firefighters would like to avoid blazes like this one, which broke out near Klahanie campgrounds south of Squamish.
02-281-257. Pg. 3. Caption: [top] Artist's rendering of the 14,000 sq. ft. Lodge.
02-281-258. Pg. 3. Caption: [middle] ... and covered stables for the equestrian centre in Whistler Cay.
02-281-115. Pg. 3. Caption: [bottom] Myrtle Philip School kids play a game of toss the water bomb -- an ideal sport for a hot summer's day such as the one that beamed down on Sports Day '82.
02-281-125. Pg. 5. Caption: [left] Lower level layout of Sports & Convention Centre.
02-281-121. Pg. 5. Caption: [right] Upper level layout of centre.
02-281-10. Pg. 6. Caption: Parks Planner Tom Barratt (foreground) oversees operation while workers weigh anchors on the new municipal raft, being launched on its maiden voyage to Wayside Park.
02-281-137. Pg. 8. Caption: [top left] Cindy Wilding, Unemployed, White Gold Estates.
02-281-139. Pg. 8. Caption: [top middle] Mark Petriw, Businessman, High Forest.
02-281-135. Pg. 8. Caption: [bottom left] Ted Pryce-Jones, Surveyor, Alpine Meadows.
02-281-132. Pg. 8. Caption: [bottom middle] Letisha Greene, Vegetarian guru, Alpine Meadows.
02-281-128. Pg. 8. Caption: [bottom right] Ivan Dubinsky, Unemployed packer driver, Alta Vista.
02-281-90. Pg. 9. Caption: Mike Jakobsson ties in Dave Trevelan, director of sales for Sheraton Landmark Hotels.
02-281-99or100. Pg. 9. Caption: [advertisement] Whistler Heli-Hiking
02-281-7. Pg. 10. Caption: Myrtle Philip school students parade their decorated bicycles at last week's Sports Day.
02-281-249. Pg. 12. Caption: Competitor in the First Annual Whistler Off-Road Bike Race soars over a bump en route to Lost Lake and 25 miles of heavy pedalling.
02-281-232. Pg. 14. Caption: Denver Snider -- Whistler is ready for blackjack and roulette.
02-281-261. Pg. 18. Caption: [top] Co-winners of Pemberton Secondary's Grade 10 award of the year were Whistler Students, Susan Heilig (above)
02-281-190. Pg. 18. Caption: [bottom] and Scott Logue.

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