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A New Whistler Winter: 1988/89 Season Launch

Item is a 4-page Special Advertising Feature from The Vancouver Sun, containing articles about the recent development of Whistler as a resort town and ski destination. The headline is "A New Whistler Winter: 1988/89 Season Launch." Articles include: "Whistler opens to 'early birds,'" "Skiing begins at Blackcomb," "Blackcomb is building again," "Housing projects planned for Whistler area," "Racing for fun camp series set," "Blackcomb improves ski lessons for tots," "Fast new lift built at Whistler," "Whistler grows to meet increasing market demands," and "Recreation facilities abound at new hotel."

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Alan White photographs

File contains 12 large, mounted photographic prints of people at the Toni Sailer Summer Ski Camp. These photographs presumably belonged to or were taken by Alan White. All photos are stamped on the back: "D. Duerks / 173 St. Paul Street / Kamloops, BC / V2C 2J1."

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  • 001 - Two men in underwear riding up the t-bar. Labelled "Daniel / 80" on front. 41 x 51 cm.
  • 002 - Group of people hiking up to the top of the glacier, with skis left in the snow behind them. 41 x 51 cm.
  • 003 - People on skis on the mountain. Labelled "July 82, Whistler Mountain, D. Duerks" on back. 41 x 51 cm.
  • 004 - People hiking up a rocky mountainside with skis. Labelled "July 82, Whistler Mountain, D. Duerks" on back. 41 x 51 cm.
  • 005 - Some people and many skis on a snowy mountainside. Labelled "Daniel / 80" on front. 41 x 51 cm.
  • 006 - A long line of people walking along the glacier. Labelled "D. Duerks 7/81" on back. 41 x 51 cm.
  • 007 - Two men riding up the t-bar, with a view of the valley in the background. 41 x 51 cm.
  • 008 - Two people windsurfing on a lake. 41 x 51 cm.
  • 009 - Young man doing a backflip on a trampoline. Labelled "D. Duerks 7/81" on back. 41 x 51 cm.
  • 010 - Nancy Greene Raine standing with skis. Labelled "July 82, Whistler Mountain, D. Duerks" on back. 45.7 x 38 cm.
  • 011 - Toni Sailer in red with sunglasses. 47 x 39 cm.
  • 012 - Toni Sailer Summer Ski Camp group photo, 1979. See ADOUGLAS-01-02-015 for identification of most subjects. 40.6 x 50.8 cm.

Building T-bar 1980 Toni Sailer Summer Ski Camp

Photographs of the Toni Sailer Summer Ski Camp building their T-bar on Whistler Mountain, and a Volkswagen Beetle near the water.

Note made by Alex Douglas in 2020: "Rabbit + Rocky - May 1980"

Identification according to ADOUGLAS-03-011:

  • 001 (93-6) – May 1980, “SUMMER CAMP starts – damage to bottom station.”
  • 002 (93-7) – May 1980, “damage to counter weight frame.”
  • 003 (93-10) – May 1980, “Before the tower holes.”
  • 004 (93-11) – May 1980, “Damage Bottom station.”
  • 005 (93-13) – May 1980, “Lunch time.”
  • 006 (93-12) – May 1980, “Rock storage area.”
  • 007 (93-15) – May 1980, “Distance to where we found the cable over the edge of the snow bank, it was 120 ft away and 6 ft under the snow.”
  • 008 (93-17) – May 1980, “digging the cable out.”
  • 009 (93-20) – May 1980, “[Rocky] (John + Jan) and new child they were over X-country skiing.”
  • 010 (93B-1) – June 1980, “Bill, Floyd, Noel, loading salt.”
  • 011 (93B-2) – June 1980, “Adrian.”
  • 012 (93B-5) – June 1980, “Lining up tower 1.”
  • 013 (93B-7) – June 1980, “Lining up tower 2.”
  • 014 (93B-12) – June 1980, “Tower 1 +2 up.”
  • 015 (93B-16) – June 1980, “Tower 3 being welded.”
  • 016 (93B-17) – June 1980, “Tower 3 being welded.”
  • 017 (93B-18) – June 1980, “Floyd + Bill putting bottom station back together again.”
  • 018 (93B-19) – June 1980, “Floyd + Bill putting bottom station back together again.”
  • 019 (93B-20) – June 1980, “new counter weight frame.”
  • 020 (91-10) – April 1980, “Picture of summer camp towers.”
  • 021 (91-11) – April 1980, “Picture of summer camp towers.”
  • 022 (95-1) – June 1980, “Bill, Floyd + Adrian moving engine onto Cat.”
  • 023 (95-2) – June 1980, “Engine on, note when counter weight is and bend in A frame support bar.”
  • 024 (95-3) – June 1980, “Towers + Roads.”
  • 025 (95-4) – June 1980, “[?] towing a Boat, Ron.”
  • 026 (95-5) – June 1980, “Ron + Greg with [shid] for Dock.”
  • 027 (95-6) – June 1980, “Ron, Mark + [Jery? Jeny?], using [?] for towing log.”
  • 028 (95-7) – June 1980, “Axel building the dock.”
  • 029 (101-6) – August-September 1980, “Bottom station.”
  • 030 (101-5) – August-September 1980, “Glacier some time after summer camp.”
  • 031 (102-1) – September 1980, “Jack at tower 2. Putting slings on tower.”
  • 032 (102-2) – September 1980, “[Lou’s] helicopter near tensioner, picture taken from tower 2, Note the amount of rocks.”
  • 033 (102-3) – September 1980, “Tower 1 area.”
  • 034 (103-7) – September 1980, “Noels helicopter, picture taken from [?] helicopter.”
  • 035 (103-10) – September 1980, “Whistler glacier.”
  • 036 (103-11) – September 1980, “Storage Area Full picture.”
  • 037 (103-12) – September 1980, “Top Station, poles, gas [barrels].”
  • 038 (103-13) – September 1980, “Salt.”
  • 039 (103-14) – September 1980, “Boxes, [salomon] poles, [harvest] stuff.”
  • 040 (103-15) – September 1980, “Towers.”
  • 041 (103-16) – September 1980, “Bottom station, back view.”
  • 042 (103-17) – September 1980, “Bottom station, front view.”
  • 043 (103-18) – September 1980, “Tower side view.”
  • 044 (103-19) – September 1980, “Tower side view.”
  • 045 (103-20) – September 1980, “Tensioner tower near foundations.”
  • 046 (103-21) – September 1980, “Garbage near big rock.”
  • 047 (27-20) – June 1977, “Me risking my life on tower #1.”

Douglas, Alex 'Axel'

Dave Murray Summer Ski Camp 1986 Misc.

Video contains footage of the 1986 Dave Murray Summer Ski Camp with some background noice and voices. This includes footage of campers skiing, slaloming, riding the t-bar, windsurfing, playing tennis, and more.

Dave Murray Summer Ski Camp 1988

Video contains footage of weeks 1-6 of the 1988 Dave Murray Summer Ski Camp with background music. This includes footage of campers skiing, riding the chairlift, t-bars and gondola, disembarking the bus, windsurfing, long jumping, canoeing, playing tennis and volleyball, going down waterslides, enjoying a barbecue, and participating in games such as obstacle racing, egg toss, three-legged races, tug of war, and human pyramids.

Dave Murray Summer Ski Camp 1988 Weeks 4-6

Video contains footage of weeks 4-6 of the 1988 Dave Murray Summer Ski Camp with background music. This includes footage of campers skiing, riding the t-bars and chairlift, hiking up the mountainside, windsurfing, swimming, canoeing, diving, going down waterslides, obstacle racing, having eating contests, enjoying a barbecue, posing for group photos, and more.

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