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).

Photographs of the cover of Skier's Magazine for September/October 1963 showing Willy Schaeffler and Franz Wilhelmsen at Whistler Mountain, the village during construction, Mayor Pat Carleton opening Blackcomb Mountain for business at 9am on Thursday, December 4, 1980 (He cut the ribbon attached to a chair on Lift #2 with a chainsaw), Pat Carleton giving the first chair of skiers on Blackcomb a push, Franz Wilhelmsen and Jim McConkey posing at Whistler Mountain with a few others, Late construction stages of Tyrol Lodge, and a kids ski camp on Whistler Mountain.

Papers relating to the Garibaldi Lifts Ltd, including:

• Photographic negatives of a plaque naming the board of directors of Garibaldi Lifts Ltd.
• Statistics and information about the Whistler Resort, 1995/1996
• Information book regarding share purchasing in Garibaldi Lifts Ltd.
• History of Whistler
• Newspaper articles, May 17, 1978
• Garibaldi Lifts Ltd. share purchase forms, July 22, 1963
• GLC President and General Manager job description
• Whistler Mountain stickers
• Invitation to Franz Wilhelmsen and guest to the Hong Kong Bank Whistler Ski Classic, November 1986
• GLC list of Board of Directors
• Ski photographs (possibly promotional), [1986]
• Map of 1986 Molson World Downhill & Super G ski run
• Program from The Franz M. Wilhelmsen Tribute
• Framed photographs of early development of Whistler Mountain, various shots of a helicopter putting in gondola towers, 1980
• Letter to Franz from Claude Richmond, May 14, 1984

Subseries contains details (description, dates, and purchases) of transparencies and negatives. Fenner coded these descriptions to correspond with photographs in the collection.
The codes in this subseries are:
A (Alaska Highway)
C (Coastal)
G (Garibaldi)
G.W. (Garibaldi Whistler)
L (Local)
VI (Vancouver Island)
B (Buildings)
NAR (Article Negative)
TAR (Article Transparency)
LN (Night)
REC (Recreation)
RE (Resorts)
SP (Sports)
NSP (Sports Negative)
WF (Wildflowers)
NWF (Wildflowers Negative)
NF, FN, FNL (Flowers)

Logs floating on Green Lake with Whistler Mountain in the background, taken during the construction of Highway 99 in July, 1964.

Truck driving in the Callaghan area with Whistler Mountain in the background during the construction of Highway 99 in May, 1964.

View of Alpha Lake from Whistler Mountain in August, 1964.

Skiing ephemera and publications, including:

• Austrian Ski School booklet.
• Whistler Mountain Snow Report, 1963 to 1964.
• Excerpts from Ground Search Manual.
• Garibaldi Olympic Development Association documents.
• Western Canada Skier, 1963; 1966.
• Northwest Skier, 1963.
• Newspaper Section on Whistler from the Vancouver Sun, October 10, 1980.

This fonds record has been transferred from old FileMaker Pro records, and as such, may be missing information and may not entirely adhere to RAD.

Van driving with Garibaldi's Whistler Mountain in the background during the construction of Highway 99 in May, 1964.

Photographs of the 1964 construction of Highway 99.