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Blackcomb Mountain Fonds

  • BLA
  • Fonds
  • 1980 - 1998

Photographs of publicity shots used for Blackcomb Mountain's marketing purposes before it merged with Whistler. Subjects include but are not limited to the following: skiing, snowboarding, events, dining, retail, aerial photography, portraits, mountain facilities, mountain biking, outdoor recreation, and hiking.

Sea To Sky Youth Action Committee Fonds

  • WA_2016_055
  • Fonds
  • [c. 1990s]

Documents and photographs relating to several events and programs for mountain biking and cycling, hosted in part by the Sea To Sky Bike Club and the Sea To Sky Youth Action Committee.

Alta Lake Plane Crash Fonds

  • WA_1998_037
  • Fonds
  • 1935

Photocopied portfolio of photographs and newspaper clippings of Alta Lake plane crash (1935). Each page contains information regarding the plane crash that claimed the life of R.W. Brock and three others shortly after taking off from Alta Lake (Whistler), BC on July 30, 1935. The 13 pages of information includes pictures taken shortly after the crash depicting how the plane landed nose down on a stump. The impact of the nose dive and subsequent crash onto the stump resulted in a force which ripped the engine from its mounts causing the engine to fall onto its occupants, crushing two of them on impact, including R.W. Brock, and claiming the life of the other two occupants shortly thereafter.

WMAS (Whistler Museum and Archives Society) Fonds

  • Fonds
  • 1970s-2019

Documents, photographs, and other ephemera relating to exhibits, staff, events, management, and daily functions of the Whistler Museum and Archives. The Whistler Museum and Archives Society was founded in 1986.

Sonya McCarthy

  • WA_2018_021
  • Fonds
  • 1980-1996

Material donated by Sonya McCarthy gathered from her time as Alderman on the Municipal Council (RMOW), working for the Whistler Area Information Office, doing community work, and from Whistler Mountain. Documents include personal files, correspondence, pamphlets, posters, maps, and other promotional material regarding events, planning, accommodation, and services in the Whistler area from 1980 to 1996.

Kerry & Ginny Dennehy Fonds

  • WA_2015_023
  • Fonds
  • 2000-2015

A collection of books, pamphlets, publications, photographs, and other items relating to the Dennehy's reception of the Order of British Columbia, newspaper articles, events , finances, and letters demonstrating the Dennehy family's involvement and initiatives to bring funds, resources, and awareness to mental health in Canada through The Kelty Patrick Dennehy Foundation.

Arts Whistler Fonds

  • WA_2016_083
  • Fonds
  • 1968-2017

Documents and photographs produced by or relating to Arts Whistler (formerly the Whistler Arts Council) and Millennium Place {Maury Young Arts Centre).

Bob Barnett

  • BBARN
  • Fonds
  • 1979-2008

Materials donated by Bob Barnett from various events in Whistler, including posters from the Saudan Couloir Ski Race Extreme, the Shell Cup Canadian Championships, the Vachon Cup, Molson World Cup Downhill, Whistler Ski Classic, Todd Brooker Ski Challenge, Alpine Wine Festival, Alpine Wine & Dine, the opening of the Peak 2 Peak Gondola, and the 40th anniversary of Whistler Mountain and 25th anniversary of Blackcomb Mountain. There are also advertising posters from LANGE boots and Elan Skis.

Greg Griffith

  • GRI
  • Fonds
  • 1969-2007

Original slides, transparencies, negatives, contact sheets, and prints of photographs taken by Greg Griffith, local photographer and owner of Mountain Moments Photography. The photographs are chiefly of skiing, snowboarding, mountain scenery, aerial shots, Whistler Village, skiing and snowboarding competitions (including the Molson World Cup Downhill), summer sports, freestyle skiing and snowboarding, heli-skiing, heli-boarding, and hotels and condominiums. The collection also includes photographs of well-known Whistler residents, historical moments in Whistler (such as the opening of Blackcomb Mountain, the construction of Whistler Village, squatter culture), and various events in Whistler.

Whistler Racquet Club

  • WRC
  • Fonds
  • 1990-1999

Material created by the Whistler Racquet Club (also known as Whistler Valley Tennis Club and Whistler Racquet & Golf Resort) in the 1990s, including photographs from tennis matches and events, promotional brochures, newsletters, concept drawings, and development plans.

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