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.

Photographs taken by Arv Pellegrin while he worked for Whistler Real Estate Co., mostly of construction in Whistler Village, but also including other events and locations around Whistler.

A map of the Whistler area showing the major lakes and roads. It also contains information about hiking trails, suggested walks, restaurants, hotels and condos and services and facilities.

Photographs of Whistler Mountain Red Chair/Big Red Express with people skiing underneath, someone [Greg Griffith?] is riding a horse in a corral with skis on, different buildings in the Whistler area including: a steep-roofed cabin or shop, Myrtle Philip Elementary School, and Food Plus (a grocery store) with two dogs waiting outside of the shop. Also includes photographs of a group of people walking in the woods, a cabin in the woods with a pile of firewood on the porch, windsurfing on Alta Lake, a landscape of Alta Lake with cabins on the edge, children playing on a playground, Wedge Mountain, children playing in Alta Lake, the Sea to Sky Highway, a group of people on a patio, people walking through a meadow with wildflowers, a golf course green, and grooming equipment grooming a ski run.

Captions:
002: "Greg Griffith"
020: "Grooming equip't"

Photographs of windsurfing on Alta Lake, a close up of someone skiing on a sunny day, an vintage car show in Village Square with Blackcomb and Hearthstone Lodges in the background, a group of condominiums, silhouettes of children fishing on a dock, a close up of a man playing tennis in the early evening, Alta Lake in the summer with Wedge Mountain in the background, a line of horseback riders going through a creek, people playing golf on a golf course, Whistler Express Gondola with a rocky outcrop in the background, old farming equipment in a meadow with wildflowers with Wedge Mountain in the background, people canoeing down a creek, children swimming in the lake, and people sunbathing on a dock at Alta Lake with people windsurfing in the background.

Photographs of skiing the Alpine Bowls on Blackcomb Mountain, a close up of groomed snow, Whistler Village under snow (buildings include: Town Plaza Suites and the Delta Whistler Suites), mountain views of Whistler's Alpine bowls, skier Bryce Phillips in mid-air skiing Whistler's Alpine Bowls, a view of the Pan Pacific Mountainside (and includes Carleton Lodge on the left), a view of Black Tusk, Village Square in the summer with a Canadian flag in the foreground and Fitzsimmons Lodge in the background, views of golfers on Nicklaus Golf Course, Whistler Golf Course, Joe Lammers and Kelsey Nash skiing Ziggy's Bowl on Blackcomb Mountain, summer on Alpine Lake, hiking on Whistler Mountain in the summer, kayaking on Cheakamus River, and a summer view of Alta Lake.

Captions:
001-004: "Skiing Alpine Bowls Blackcomb B.C. [M.R.]"
005: "Groomed Snow "Cordoroy" [sic] Whistler B.C. Canada"
006: "Fresh snow in Whistler Village"
007: "Whistler's majestic alpine Bowls"
008: "Alpine Bowls Whistler Mtn Skier: Bryce Phillips"
009: "Pan Pacific Hotel Whistler B.C. Canada"
010: "Whistler's majestic alpine Bowls - Black Tusk"
011: "Whistler Village Summer"
012: "Nicklaus North Golf Course Whistler B.C. (M.R.)"
013: "Summer/Whistler Whistler Golf Course with Whistler Mountain behind"
014: "Ziggy's Bowl Blackcomb Mtn Skiers: Joe Lammers, Kelsey Nash"
015: "Summer- British Columbia Alpine Lake"
016: "Nicklaus North Golf Course Whistler, B.C."
017: 'Whistler Golf Course (M.R. Whistler B.C."
018: "Whistler-Summer Hiking on Whistler Mt. B.C."
019: "Kayaking :Cheakamus River B.C. Canada"
020: "Summer Whistler Alta Lake"

Photographs of skiing, Molson Molstar ski races, the Great Snow Earth Water Race, Mountain Hosts, the construction of Whistler Village, chairlifts, ski school, skiers in costume at Easter, an avalauncher and avalanche control, helicopters, cabins, events, cycling, Whistler Golf Course and the Delta Mountain Inn, Rainbow Estates, Red Chair, the Gondola Barn in Creekside, cross-country skiing, Doc Fingers playing music, Willie Whistler, apres ski, Jim McConkey Ski Shop, tennis, canoeing, freestyle skiing at the Labatts World Cup Freestyle Championships, Roundhouse Lodge, windsurfing on Alta Lake, docks, picnics, hiking, running, glaciers, cats, the Garbage Dump, and Highway 99.

Photographs of golf courses, black bears, wildflowers, lakes, hiking, mountain views, street entertainment, Whistler Village, mountain biking, the Garibaldi Gruel mountain bike race, glaciers, skiing in summer, Roundhouse, the Whistler Express Gondola, aerial shots of the Whistler Valley, rafting, kayaking, horseback riding, the Jazz Festival, and the Whistler Farmers Market.

Photographs of skiing, adaptive skiing on Blackcomb Mountain, ski racing, awards, group portraits of ambulance and emergency services, search and rescue, Red Chair, the Gondola Barn, Whistler Mountain, Creekside, Fitzsimmons Chair on Blackcomb Mountain, the wedding of Lorne Borgal and Nancy Borgal (nee Treiber) on Whistler Mountain, the Fireman's Ball and group portraits of firefighters, Whistler Village, docks on Alta Lake, Whistler Golf Course, Whistler Resort & Club tennis courts, marathons, advertising shots taken for the Whistler Resort Association, Village Stroll, shops and restaurants in Whistler, hotel swimming pools, freestyle skiing and awards at the Labatts World Cup Freestyle Championship on Whistler Mountain, Santa Claus visiting Myrtle Philip School, the demolition of the Cheakamus Inn, the opening of The Keg restaurant, chefs from one of Umberto Menghi's restaurants, opening night at Trattoria di Umberto, cabins, sunbathing, Nita Lake, tennis, Whistler Creek Lodge, portraits of Garry Watson, ski school, paintings by Germaine Degenhardt, the Crazy Canucks, Ken Read skiing with Joey Gibbons, Richard and Julianna Heine, weightlifting in a gym, municiapl council, Jim McConkey, ski camps, Bob Dawson and Rolf Gunther holding a marlin at the Rimrock Cafe, dining, and Umberto Menghi.

Photographs of Blackcomb Mountain, Rendezvous Lodge, Whistler Village, awards, signs, portraits of Greg Griffith and John 'Rabbit' Hare, Nancy Green Raine behind the bar at a pub, construction of Whistler Village, skiing on Whistler Mountain, partying, wet T-shirt contest at the Christiana Inn, canoeing on Alta Lake, Creekside, Nita Lake, heli-skiing in the Brandywine Meadows area, hiking, cross-country skiing, shovelling after heavy snowfall, aerial shots of the Whistler Valley, skateboarding, logging trucks, dogs, the first liquor store in Whistler, Myrtle Philip School, Ipsoot Mountain heli-skiing, dining, chairlifts, Creekhouse restaurant, Roundhouse Lodge, the Gondola Barn, Creekside Gondola, fisheye photography, sunbathing, Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau and his son Alexandre 'Sacha' Trudeau skiing, freestyle skiing at the Labatts World Cup Freestyle Championships, Dave Murray Summer Ski Camp, Dave Murray, Stephanie Sloan, group portraits, the Molson Molstar ski races, Garibaldi Spring Slalom, Nigel Woods and Jo Schnetzler in the avalanche control cabin with an avalauncher, ski racing, shopping, fishing, the Snowgoose bus, parking lots, condominiums, musicians Doc Fingers and Gary Koliger, Village Chair, swimming at Mountainside Lodge's swimming pool, Ski Scamps, Willie Whistler, Whistler Golf Course, windsurfing in ski boots, telemark skiing, skiing on Gun Barrels run, Wedge Mountain, Blue Chair, Green Chair, Red Chair, Catskinner Chair, Ego Bowl, Jim McConkey skiing Symphony Bowl, Green Lake, Blackcomb Mountain's Grand Opening, and Glenn Ashton skiing moguls in Harmony Bowl.