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Aabye, Dag Skiers
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Photographs taken by Clifford Fenner from his work in Garibaldi Provincial Park and his travels in British Columbia, the United States, and Colombia.

Jack Douglass Fonds

  • WA_2017_032
  • Fonds
  • 1960-2015

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.

Skiers and group photographs

File contains 19 photographic prints, 1 newspaper photograph, and a postcard, showing individual skiers and groups at the Toni Sailer and Dave Murray Summer Ski Camps.

  • 001 – large photographic print of a group of (probably) Toni Sailer Summer Ski Camp participants on a rocky mountaintop, c. 1970s?
  • 002 – b&w photographic print of a person in a striped hat skiing, with t-bar in the background.
  • 003 – b&w photographic print of a woman skiing, with two poles in the foreground and two skiers in the distance.
  • 004 – b&w mounted photograph of a person skiing, with t-bars in background.
  • 005 – b&w mounted photograph of a woman with ‘39’ on her jacket skiing around poles.
  • 006 – b&w mounted photograph of a woman with ‘60’ on her jacket skiing around a banner. Harvey Soicher photo.
  • 007 – newspaper photograph from May, 1970 edition of Garibaldi’s Whistler News, showing the previous year’s staff of the Toni Sailer Summer Ski Camp: Alan White, Dan Irwin, Yves Bienvenu, Rod Hebron, Al Menzies, Nancy Green, Karen Dokka, Andi Schall, Colin Haffie, Toni Sailer, Roy Ferris, Wayne Booth, and Dag Aabye. Originally adhered to a photo album page.
  • 008 – framed Dave Murray Summer Ski Camp group photograph with Whistler Summer Ski Camp and Dachstein banners in the background, c. 1980s. "Mountain Moments" stamped on back.
  • 009 – framed Dave Murray Summer Ski Camp group photograph with Whistler Summer Ski Camp and Atomic Ski banners in the background, c. 1980s. "Mountain Moments" stamped on back.
  • 010 – Dave Murray Summer Ski Camp postcard showing group staff photograph, post-1990. Photo by Greg Griffith, produced by Mountain Moments.
  • 011 – framed summer ski camp group photograph on mountain with Tyrolia banner. "Mountain Moments" stamped on back.
  • 012 – framed summer ski camp group photograph on mountain with banner. Comes with an identification sheet giving the names of many people in the photograph.
  • 013 - group photograph of Toni Sailer Summer Ski Camp staff seated on rocks, c. 1970s. Back row: unknown, Wayne Wong, unknown, unknown. Middle row: Toni Sailer, unknown, Greg Lee, Don McQuaid, Nancy Green Raine, unknown. Seated in front: unknown, Floyd Wilkie.
  • 014 – framed photograph of a man in a white shirt, dark overalls, sunglasses and cap skiing. The skis are pointing slightly upwards and there is a big spray of snow. Whistler Mountain Photo.
  • 015 – framed group photograph of Toni Sailer Summer Ski Camp participants on glacier with 'Willie Whistler' mascot and helicopter, 1981. Comes with an identification sheet giving the names of many people in the photograph.
  • 016 – large print of a man with skis standing on front of multiple banners (Carrera, Dachstein, ess var, Whistler Summer Ski Camp, Descente, Toko) on the ski hill.
  • 017 – b&w mounted photograph of a boy (?) skiing. Harvey Soicher photo.
  • 018 – b&w print of girl or young woman with pigtails skiing.
  • 019 - b&w print of a man on skis pointing.
  • 020 – framed summer ski camp group photograph on mountainside with Tyrolia banner.
  • 021 - b&w mounted photograph of a man skiing.

Whistler [1]

Photographs of Whistler Mountain that include the gondola, Dag Aabye, and other skiers.

Each transparency is coded with "WZ" with a respective number.

Whistler [2]

Photographs of Whistler Mountain, including chairlifts, Dag Aabye, other skiers, and ski runs.

Each transparency is coded with "WZ" with a respective number.