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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.

Alison Apps (Racey) Fonds

  • WA_2016_012
  • Fonds
  • 1924-1992

Items donated by Alison Apps (nee Racey), including the RMOW's Heritage Plan, Gondola Area Study, the building of Highway 99, and the procurement and maintenance of their plot of land near Wayside Park on Alta Lake, animal and bird pamphlets, and logging maps from the Whistler Valley.

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.

MacDougall fonds

  • WA_2018_015
  • Fonds
  • [1962?]-1968

Series consists of meeting minutes, newspaper and magazine clippings, correspondence, a report, and a feasibility study relating to the development of Whistler as a ski hill and a residential area in the 1960s. There is a particular focus on Whistler Alpine Villa Ltd., for which Hartland M. MacDougall (donor's father) worked. Also mentioned are the Whistler Skier's Chapel and Garibaldi Lifts Ltd. The items are arranged in the order they were received from the donor.

  • MACDOUG_001: Meeting minutes of “informal meeting of the pro-tem Directors of Whistler Alpine Villa Limited,” November 19 1965, with attached letter from Michael Doyle (Whistler Alpine Villa Limited Secretary Pro-Tem) to Mr. Roy B. Jacobson of Whistler Development Co. Ltd. (November 22 1965) and list of Pro-Tem Directors (6 pages).
  • MACDOUG_002: Newspaper article, “Garibaldi: Blueprint for the future,” The Lions Gate Times, January 16 1964.
  • MACDOUG_003: Newspaper or magazine clipping, “HOMES, January 1968, a section of the Canadian,” with image of mountain townhouses on front and Q & A on the back.
  • MACDOUG_004: Newspaper article, “Work Starts Garibaldi Ski Resort,” reprinted from Journal of Commerce Weekly, June 12 1965.
  • MACDOUG_005: Magazine article, “Town house in the mountains: there’s a 5,000-foot ski run at the front door.”
  • MACDOUG_006: Newspaper clipping, photograph of four men (John Fraser, Michael Doyle, A.J. Forster, Hartland MacDougall) with skis, regarding the construction of the Whistler Skier’s Chapel. The Province, Saturday June 25, 1966.
  • MACDOUG_007: Letter from Whistler Alpine Villa Ltd. directors to shareholders, regarding fire of December 19 1965, dated December 22 1965.
  • MACDOUG_008: President’s Report to Shareholders, Whistler Alpine Villa Limited, November 25 1965 (4 pages).
  • MACDOUG_009: Photocopy of telegram from E. F. Bosiger to Head Office, Montreal P.Q., DGM Vancouver, regarding nomination of H. M. MacDougall as Director of Garibaldi Lifts Ltd., May 6 1963.
  • MACDOUG_010: Photocopy of letter from J. B. Lesslie to Bank of Montreal Superintendent of Staff, regarding nomination of H. M. MacDougall as Director of Garibaldi Lifts Ltd., May 2 1963 (2 pages).
  • MACDOUG_011: Letter, H. M. MacDougall to Franz Wilhelmsen, declining nomination as Director of Garibaldi Lifts Ltd., May 8 1963.
  • MACDOUG_012: Memorandum from H. M. MacDougall to G. O. Vandervoort, Esq., regarding Whistler Skiers’ Chapel, June 29 1966.
  • MACDOUG_013: Mount Whistler Feasibility Study by Willy Schaeffler, Ski Area Consultant, c. 1962 (10 pages).

Walter Zebrowski

  • ZEB
  • Fonds
  • 1964-1996

Materials created by Walter Zebrowski, including an annotated letter critiquing Bill 130 regarding the creation of the Resort Municipality of Whistler from July 8, 1975.

Julie Gallagher Fonds

  • WA_2018_022
  • Fonds
  • 1965

Fonds consists of a page advertising Garibaldi Ski Development at Whistler Mountain for the 1965/66 season. Includes a brief description of the runs, lifts, rates, and facilities at Whistler Mountain; four black-and-white drawings and photographs; advertisements for Cheakamus Inn and Highland Lodge; and information on travelling from Vancouver, including a map. Reprinted from a skiing guidebook.

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.

Mike Hurst Fonds

  • WA_2015_026
  • Fonds
  • 1970s-1989

Issues of Whistler - The Magazine from 1982-1989, maps of Whistler Village designs and development, and other textual documents relating to the planning, design, and amenities offered in the new Whistler Village.

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.

David Hall Fonds

  • WA_2017_038
  • Fonds
  • 1974-1984

Documents from Economic Planning Group:

  1. Official Community Plan(s) 74 - 81
  2. Recreation Master Plan
  3. Concept Plan
  4. Design Guidelines
  5. Whistler Economic Effects Feb '78 + Dec '80
  6. Whistler Mountain Area - An Overview of the Role of Government
  7. Whistler Town Centre Development Program SGM
  8. Community Development Study 1974
  9. Whistler Town Centre - APRA
  10. 1st Draft Report
  11. Whistler - A Banking Opportunity
  12. Whistler Village Facts
  13. Whistler Magazine
  14. Whistler Town Flyer
  15. Market Summary - '78
  16. Whistler Village Land Company - Annual General Meeting 1st
  17. Whistler Village Land Company - Annual General Meeting 2nd
  18. Whistler Resort Association - Bylaws
    20a. Proposal Call - 1st - Phase I
    20b. Proposal Call - 2nd - Market Survey
    20c. Proposal Call - 2nd - Phase II
    20d. Proposal Call - 2nd - Soil Information
    20e. Proposal Call - 3rd - Phase III
    20f. Proposal Call - 3rd - Parcel 52
    20g. Proposal Call - 3rd - Soil Information
    20h. Proposal Call - Site # 14
    20i. Proposal Call - 4th - Phase IV
  19. Covenant I + II
  20. Resort Municipality of Whistler - Land Use Contract
  21. ???
  22. Al Raine - Remarks - Whistler Village Land Company AGM
  23. Whistler Town Centre Summary (Blue)
  24. Whistler Update Report - Ski Consultants Inc.
  25. Recreation Canada Article
  26. Whistler Resort Association - AGM
  27. Analysis of November Budget
  28. Mountain Inn
  29. Carleton Resort Ltd.
  30. Brandywine Inn
  31. Analysis and notes
  32. Commercial Accommodation Market Survey and Analysis
  33. Ecosign Accommodation Analysis 1983 - 84 (winter)
  34. Official Community Plan, 1982
  35. Gondola Area Land Use and Urban Design study
  36. Preliminary Overview of Community Facilities Requirements
  37. Whistler Village sites
  38. Resort Municipality of Whistler Amendment Act, 1979
  39. 1983 Annual Report
  40. Commercial Demand Study
  41. The Whistler Story
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