Whistler Mountain

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Gordon McKeever Fonds

  • GMCK
  • Fonds
  • 1970-2009

Fond consists of material donated by Gordon McKeever and includes promotional stickers for Whistler Mountain and Whistler Blackcomb, a promotional book for Whistler's restaurants, four travel planners created by the Whistler Resort Association to promote both Winter and Summer seasons between 1997 and 2000, a paper spiral bound guide for Whistler Resort Association (WRA) members from November 15th, 1996, a 1999 VHS promotional resort video guide for the Resort Municipality of Whistler, a variety of materials supporting the 2010 Winter Olympic Games, four paper business directory booklets printed for the Whistler Chamber of Commerce dating from 1994, 1996, and 1999, and sixteen posters depicting a variety of subject matter including Whistler festivals, ski racing events, concert series, car shows, heli-skiing, Molson and Shell Cups, and Whistler Resort tourism.

Winter and Summer Travel Planners - Whistler Resort Association Promotional Booklets

Four travel planners created by the Whistler Resort Association to promote both Winter and Summer seasons between 1997 and 2000. Three of the planners are from the 1997-2000 Winter seasons, and one is from 1999 promoting the Summer season.

The planners cover topics regarding tourism including, accommodation, shopping, activities, transportation, events and festivals, Whistler Blackcomb, recreation, family services, dining, tours and sightseeing, mountain and valley maps, ski school, après, the Conference Centre, directory listings, packages, reservations, advertiser listings, day trips, golf, fishing, water sports, snow sports, lift tickets, ski area comparisons, ski and snowboard races/competitions, rentals, transportation, and booking services.

Posters

The posters include a black and white poster promoting the Porsche Club of America's third annual weekend event in Whistler on the weekend of August 26th-28th, 1983, a poster advertising a Halloween masquerade ball fundraiser, a poster print of a painting of a ski racer in a yellow racing outfit skiing downhill amidst an abstract run with trees and snow, a large colour poster with the title " Whistler Resort Getaway", a large colour poster promoting the Whistler Summer Street Festival from between [1987 and the 1990s], a colour poster for the Music in the Mountains Whistler concert series in 1995 and 1996, a print of a vantage map of the Whistler Valley and surrounding mountains in 1994, a large collectors edition poster of the 1998 Canada's World Cup Ski Team, a poster advertising all the summer activities available at Whistler, a poster advertising the Molson World Downhill race that ran in Whistler on March 11th, 1984, a poster for Heli-Skiing Whistler, a poster of Creekside Base and Whistler Mountain at night in the [late 1970s or early 1980s], a poster for the 1984 Volvo Ski Show World Tour, a poster about the 1984 Whistler Winterfest, a large poster for the Shell Cup Canadian Championships for Cross Country Skiing, and a large poster for the Shell Cup Canadian Championships for Alpine Downhill ski racing.

1974-2007

Photographs of skiing, hiking, mountain views, chairlifts, Whistler Village, powder skiing on Whistler Mountain and Blackcomb Mountain, Slush Cup, snowboarding, Whistler Village and chairlift construction, pubs, windsurfing, aerial photography, Creekside, Franz's Run, gondolas, cat-skiing on Blackcomb Mountain the year prior to its opening, backcountry skiing, apres ski, kids ski camps, avalanche control, golf, heli-skiing, and Upper Village.

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Photographs of a person skiing down Blackcomb Mountain with Whistler Mountain in the background, a view of Creekside Gondola, Whistler Mountain ski runs, and various views of the Whistler Express Gondola.

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Photographs of chairlifts including views of the mechanics, line checks, derail switches, and people getting on and off the Red and Green Chairs. Also includes photographs of dusk on the mountain, inside the Gondola Barn, and various shots of the Creekside Gondola.

Captions:
015: "Hold down Tower Line check"
016: "Neutral Tower Line check"
017: "R.A. Box Line check"
018, 019: "Derail Switch"

Slides

Photographs of various machinery and parts of the [Creekside Gondola or Red Chair?], people getting onto Red Chair, and a view of a worker fixing and/or adjusting a part of the machinery.

Caption:
002: "Red drive"
004: "M.L. Safety panel"
005: "Mullor Safety panel"
008: "Hydraulic E. Brake"
010: "Counter weight [hemot?] switch"
011: "Counter weight winch"
013: "Loading"
014: "Overspeed Activator"
015: "Over speed Switch"

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Photographs of people boarding Red Chair, various views of the machinery on Red Chair, the light board on Whistler Mountain, various people boarding Green Chair 2, a view of the Ski Inn on Whistler Mountain, Creekside Gondola inside the Gondola Barn, and people getting off of a T-bar.

Captions:
004: "Light Board"
005: "Switch Board"
020: "This Way"

Slides

Photographs of various chairlifts and T-bars on Whistler Mountain, close ups of some mechanics and of people getting on and off of chairlifts, including: Red Chair, Creekside Gondola, T-bars, and Blue Chair. Other photographs include the light board on Whistler Mountain and someone skiing through fresh powder in a bowl.

Captions:
005: "Counter weight"
006: "Line controal
008: "Light Board"
013: "Return Station"
017: "morning Line check"

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