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George Benjamin Fonds Avalanches
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1970s

Slide film of Armchair glacier, repairing a tread on a Snowcat, the top of the T-Bar gun platform, John Hetherington in Ski Patrol uniform, Tokum Corners, Kayaking on Alta Lake, a Halloween Party, sailing on Alta Lake, Wayside Park, the River of Golden Dreams, a marijuana plant, Highway 99, and more.

35mm Negatives and Prints

Photographs and negatives including but not limited to 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, Ski Patrol, the avalauncher gun, avalanche control, the Pacific Great Eastern train, tracks, maintenance, and during a snowstorm, fishing on Alta Lake, the 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.

(4) Judy Keeler Proof Prints From Alta Lake/Whistler

Photographs of Duncan Bell-Irving (3/2/70/1), Gordie Allen (3/2/70/3), Drew Tait (3/2/70/2), interior of Tokum Corners, Pat Carleton (Whistler's first mayor), Zube's Mushroom House, the base of Creekside, Drew Tait fly-fishing at Tokum Corners dock (3/2/70/18), George Benjamin (3/2/70/19), the Great Snow Earth Water Race (3/2/70/21), the Tokum Corners sign, an avalauncher gun, Wedge Mountain, Dusty’s (3/2/70/30), Franz Wilhelmsen, and Roundhouse.

8x10 Prints

Photographs including but not limited to the Canadian Garibaldi Championships, the first downhill ski race in Whistler [1968], freestyle skiing, avalanche patrol, First Aid Ski Patrol, chairlifts to the Roundhouse including Red chair and Orange chair, the Pacific Great Eastern train, George Benjamin outside of Tokum Corners (1/32), a naked man being arrested at the Pemberton Rodeo (1/34), Christmas at Toad Hall (1/35), helicopter landings, kayaking, and landscapes including Fitzsimmons, Overlord, and Fissle Peak.

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Photographs of Red Chair, Roundhouse, cornice fall and avalanche, Glacier Bowl, and cornice blasting.

AC I

Avalanche control team using the Avalauncher to launch dynamite and create controlled avalanches.

AC III

Avalanche control team using dynamite to create controlled avalanches

AC V

Avalanche control team using the Avalauncher to create controlled avalanches, as well as measuring the height and stability of the snow

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