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Alpine Club of Canada

  • ACC
  • Fonds
  • 1978-1981

Documents donated by the Alpine Club of Canada, including newsletters from the Resort Municipality of Whistler and the Alta Lake Sports Club.

Adventures West

  • ADV
  • Fonds
  • 1971

Materials created by Adventures West relating to the development of Adventures West Village on the East shore of Alta Lake in Whistler Cay, including maps, planning documents, and promotional material.

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.

Jan Jansen Fonds

  • JJAN
  • Fonds
  • 1980-2010

Materials relating to Whistler's municipal parks, as well as the Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW)'s preparation for and participation in the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in Whistler, collected by Jan Jansen during his time in the role of Manager of Resort Experience at the RMOW between the 1980s and 2010.

Phil Mitchell

  • PMIT
  • Fonds
  • [1979-1980]

Materials donated by Phil Mitchell, including posters from ski race events in Whistler and construction photographs of Whistler Village and Telemark Condominiums.

Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) Fonds

  • RMOW
  • Fonds
  • 1912-2020

Photographic and textual material created and collected by the Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) relating to planning and development of Whistler Village and the resort municipality, events held in Whistler, land management, culture and public art, ecology, resort development, the environment, transportation, heritage, schools, architecture, sustainability, and municipal politics.

Sara Jennings

  • SJEN
  • Fonds
  • 1986-[2010]

Materials gathered by Sara Jennings, including a Myrtle Philip Elementary School newsletter from 1986, assignments completed by Sara for classes at Pemberton Secondary School from 1990-1994, and two pamphlets and a poster representing the anti-2010 Olympic Games perspective.

Eldon Beck Fonds

  • WA_2005_008
  • Fonds
  • 1978 - 1989

These files contain documents, concept plans, maps, and architectural drawings relating to the development of Whistler Village and base area facilities. These items were created by Eldon Beck and his associates during the planning stages of Whistler Village.

Please note: Some records could not be found in the location guide.

Beck, Eldon

George Bury Fonds

  • WA_2008_002
  • Fonds
  • 1939

Photographs of an exploratory trip in the mountains around Alta Lake to search for a suitable location for a ski hill. The group of four men comprised of George Bury, George Eisenschimmel, Howard Hamil (all from the Holyburn Ski Club on the North Shore) and a guide, whose name has been forgotten. They explored around Cheakamus Lake, Black Tusk, Garibaldi Lake, and the Barrier. The group were dropped off by float plane on Cheakamus Lake and exited down the Barrier. They then hiked to the rail line, where they flagged down the Pacific Great Eastern train to Squamish, and then took the boat back to Vancouver. The ski hill plans were never carried out due to the interruption of the Second World War.

Allan Waisman Fonds

  • WA_2009_013
  • Fonds
  • [c. 1976-1980?]

Items donated by Allan Waisman, of Waisman Dewar Macdonald planning, including a laminated booklet titled "Whistler Village / A Resort Community," which was the first official plan for Whistler Village.

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