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"Whistler Mountain through the years" Timeline

Newspaper clipping from the Vancouver Sun including a timeline of "Whistler Mountain through the years." Significant events from the opening of Rainbow Lodge in 1914 to the naming of Whistler as top ski resort in North America in 2015 are listed. The clipping also contains the continuation of an article from page A17 about the history of Whistler. There are two photographs: skiers disembarking a gondola in 1991 and construction work on Whistler Town Centre in 1980.

Vancouver Sun

Photo Envelopes

Photographs including but not limited to construction of Town Hall, squatters at Jordan's Lodge, kayaking, Ski Patrol, the Pemberton rodeo, flood damage, skiing on Whistler Mountain, hang-gliding, Gelandesprung ski jump contest, competitive downhill ski races, recreational skiing, Tokum Corners, Toad Hall, windsurfing on Alta Lake, canoeing and kayaking on the River of Golden Dreams and Alta Lake, the avalauncher gun, avalanche control, the Pacific Great Eastern train, train tracks, maintenance, and during a snowstorm, fishing on Alta Lake, Gondola Barn in Creekside, chairlifts on Whistler Mountain, Roundhouse, Nancy Greene Summer Ski School, Molson World Cup Downhill 1984, landscapes of Whistler, Pemberton, Mount Currie Rodeo, salmon-smoking, and parties at Jordan's Lodge on Nita Lake.

George Benjamin Fonds

  • Benjamin
  • Fonds
  • [1968-1991]

Photographs including but not limited to the Canadian Garibaldi Championships [1968], freestyle skiing, avalanche patrol, First Aid Ski Patrol, chairlifts, Pacific Great Eastern train, Toad Hall, helicopter landings, kayaking, Zube's Mushroom House, marijuana growing, the Crazy Canunks in Aspen, Franz Wilhelmsen skiing in 1982, Whistler aerials, Tokum Corners, summers at Lost Lake and Nita Lake, George Benjamin's family, construction of Town Hall, squatters at Jordan's Lodge, flood damage and landscapes, Pemberton rodeo, skiing on Whistler Mountain, hang-gliding, Gelandesprung ski jump contest, competitive downhill ski races, recreational skiing, windsurfing on Alta Lake, canoeing and kayaking on the River of Golden Dreams, avalauncher gun, Pacific Great Eastern maintenance and train during a snowstorm, fishing on Alta Lake, Gondola Barn in Creekside, chairlifts on Whistler Mountain, Roundhouse, Nancy Greene Summer Ski School, World Cup 1984, landscapes of Whistler, Pemberton, Mount Currie Rodeo, salmon smoking, and a party at Jordan's Lodge on Nita Lake.

1980s

Slide film of windsurfers on Alta Lake, Whistler Mountain, Creekside in Summer, Whistler Village, aerial photograph, Creekside parking lot, Search and Rescue Labrador helicopter, hiking Little Whistler, Rainbow Lodge (4), Franz Wilhelmsen, spring skiing, hang-gliding off Sproatt Mountain, downhill ski race, Tokum Corners, Drew Tait looking a empty beer bottles, and more.

May 82

Slide film hiking Little Whistler, Rainbow Lodge, Franz Wilhelmsen, spring skiing, Brian Brown (3/2/14/15), Sandy Boyd (Rob Boyd’s father), and Whistler Mountain.

Phil & Myrtle

Philip Tapley and Myrtle Philip on the shore of Alta Lake. Inscription on verso: "Mrs. Philip + Phil Tapley (her brother) / 1949"

Wildfire Near Rainbow Lodge

  • PHILIP-3-1986-0688a
  • Item
  • 1940 or 1943
  • Part of Philip Fonds

Contact print of Rainbow Lodge cabin buildings with fence in foreground. A wildfire burns behind. The picture was probably taken in 1940 or 1943 as wildfires are documented to have taken place around Rainbow Lodge in these years.

Wildfire near Rainbow Lodge cabins

  • PHILIP-3-1986-0688b
  • Item
  • 1940 or 1943
  • Part of Philip Fonds

Contact print of Rainbow Lodge cabin buildings with fence in foreground. A wildfire burns behind. The picture was probably taken in 1940 or 1943 as wildfires are documented to have taken place around Rainbow Lodge in these years.

Rainbow Lodge gang

Group of women on Rainbow Lodge side porch. Inscription on verso : "Rainbow 1940 / a few of the Gang."

Rainbow cabins in snow

View of Rainbow cabins from the road in winter; Philip family home and water tower in background. Photographer's stamp on verso reads "CRYSTAL FINISH PHOTO SERVICE / MAR 4 1938"

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