Documents concerning the history of Lost Lake. The file includes a 1965 memorandum regarding a proposed park at Lost Lake; a recreational site report; an assessment of developmental possibilities in Squamish-Pemberton Valley; maps of the area (one with severely fading ink); a print-out of a 2012 Whistler Museum blog post titled "How Lost Lake Park Was Nearly Lost; correspondence with Don MacLaurin regarding the aforementioned blog post.

Faded portion of text on item MACLAURIN_2017_011_009_004_003:
LEGEND
CULTURE
Survey boundary: Black
Unsurveyed boundary: Black broken line
Lines traced or fire boundary: Red full line
Boundary lines not traced: Red broken line
[?] line boundary: Black broken and dotted line
[?] [posts?] visited: Red
[Railroad] grade: Black
Railroad grade, abandoned: Black
Logging road: Black
Log landing: [B]lack
A[spen?] timber felled, not skidded: Hatched black
NOTE - For abbreviations and map symbols see Fores Surveys Manual, page 52.
FOREST COVER
Merchantable timber: Dark green.
Immature timber (fully stocked), all ages: Light green.
Logged (not restocked): Yellow.
Logged and burned (not restocked): Orange.
Burned (not restocked): Red.
Non-commercial cover on productive forest sites, deciduous or coniferous: Blue.
Non-productive sites (scrub forest): Grey.
Non-productive alpine or lowland rock or other barren areas: Leave uncoloured but qualify with type symbol
Cultivated: Brown.
Open grazing and pasture land (lowland or alpine): Purple.
Wild-hay meadow (not cultivated): Purple.
Suitable for cultivation: Hatched brown over fores type.
Map of Green Lake Logging Co.'s operations. Atlas Ref. 63/B-1
Scale: 20 chains = 1 inch } scratch out scales not applicable.
*F.S. 351

Four Alta Lake Sports Club newsletters from the winters of 1978 and 1979 sent to the Alpine Club of Canada Vancouver Section. The issues were read and used by the Section executive of the Club and were previously part of the Section archive.

The newsletters broach subjects including regarding the Fisher Ski Cup Race event cancellation and rescheduling due to weather, the date and time of the Labatts Tour/Race on the Lost Lake course, the Cariboo Marathon 50km Race from Lac La Hache to 100 Mile House, welcoming new club members, alpine downhill club member Raymond Massey, track preparation and preservation, requests for Lost Lake to be declared a municipal park, revised tour/race schedules, Alta Lake Sports Club membership application, a Labbatts Citizens Ski Tour/Race application form, a re-cap of the Labbatts Tour/Race including weather events and winners, blizzards, snow management, congratulations to a Vancouver Island Nordic Club member, Williams Lake High School Cross Country Championships, Alta Lake Sports Club ski shirts, a plea for the return of lost skis, a help wanted post for the Fisher Ski Races, request for membership dues , thank-yous to supporters of the Alta Lake Sports Club, a re-cap of the Molsons Tour-Race including racers and results, Vancouver and District High School Meet, successes of junior club members, the Vancouver International Marathon, the Bonnie Bell 10 km Woman's Only Race, limericks, BC Winter Games Times Trials, race categories, Mayor Pat Carlton's agreement to stop vehicles from driving on the Lost Lake course, and a suggested by-law, created by the Alta Lake Sports Club, for the preservation of the Lost Lake area.

Two Resort Municipality of Whistler newsletters from February 1979 and March 1981 sent to the Alpine Club of Canada Vancouver Section. The issues were read and used by the Section executive of the Club and were previously part of the Section archive.

The newsletters broach subjects including regarding a Garibaldi Lift Company announcement to develop the North Face of Whistler Mountain, the rights to develop Blackcomb Mountain by Fortress Mountain Resorts Ltd, the sod turning ceremony of the Town Core [Whistler Village], announcement for a contract for underground parking, the announcement that Arnold Palmer Enterprises set to design an 18 hole golf course [Whistler Golf Course], the Whistler Volunteer Fire Department, private water systems, the Information Center, thank-yous to council members, welcomes to newly elected council members, highway improvements to the north, subdivision paving, overnight camping, Health Center and ambulance service, efforts to establish an R.C.M.P detachment, establishment of a ski train, television and radio reception, bylaws to control dogs and noise, taxes, establishing a municipal works yard, employee housing, schools, road maintenance, garbage service, zoning, recreational facilities, legal costs, budgets, flooding, gas utilities, Municipal Hall, bus transportation, Sunday shopping, construction, the cemetery, and the Cheakamus River.

Photographs of golfing at Whistler Golf Course, mountain biking on Blackcomb Mountain, horseback riding, fishing, the Jazz Festival of Whistler, hiking, mountain views, skiing, Rendezvous Lodge, Whistler Express Gondola, Whistler Village, Solar Coaster, street entertainment, whitewater kayaking, windsurfing on Alta Lake, flowers, tennis courts, Chateau Whistler Resort, Horstman Estates, cafe patios, Green Lake, canoeing, Marathon Canoe Race on the River of Golden Dreams, paddle boating, the symphony on Blackcomb Mountain, Highway 99, aerial shots of Whistler Blackcomb, whitewater rafting, trees changing colour in autumn, camping, picnics, heli-hiking, the first rafting trip on Owl Creek, hang gliding, Black Tusk, airplanes, helicopters, hot air balloons, flags, the Stawamus Chief in Squamish, Howe Sound, the mountains in winter and summer, People's Drug Mart on Main Street in Pemberton, fly-fishing, Brandywine Falls, sunsets, and panoramic shots of the valley.

Materials relating to Whistler's municipal parks created and collected during Jan Jansen's tenure as Manager of Resort Experience at the Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW), including photographs and maps from between 1980 and 1991.

Documents collected and created by Sonya McCarthy through her work at the Whistler Area Information Office, including pamphlets, booklets, correspondence, business cards, and other promotional items.

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.

Lost Lake Park map created by Trevor Roote for the Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW), including annotations made by the RMOW showing the addition of new trails in 1980. A Whistler Area map is show on verso.

A letter from Tom Barratt to Don McLaurin regarding the opening of Lost Lake Park and an APRC meeting prior to the opening ceremony.

Photograph of a large group of adults and children at Tapley's Farm Park in the summer of 1986. The photograph was taken by Paul Morrison Photography and is glued to cardboard backing with a mat framing it. Caption on the verso reads "Summer 1986 - Tapley's Farm Park" and there was originally a post-it note from Jan Jansen reading "This is why we started a Parks dept. so many years ago - Tapley's Farm circa 1986 Helicopter Park".