Whistler Museum Musings

Museum Musings: Having a Ball in Whistler

'When the Alta Lake Volunteer Fire Department was formed in 1962, it had five members and was supported by donations from community members'

Aug 11, 2025 7:45 AM Read more >

Museum Musings: Losing the UCI MTB Triple Crown

'According to The Province, the UCI received 11 bids to host the event from various Whistler groups between 1991 and 1999. Only one was successful'

Aug 4, 2025 7:45 AM Read more >

Museum Musings: Building a Fortress—Part 3

'When Dave and Lynn Mathews and Hugh Smythe arrived at Fortress Mountain in September 1974, their goal was to turn the ski area around and make it saleable...'

Jul 28, 2025 7:45 AM Read more >

Museum Musings: ‘Monument to insanity’

Building a Fortress—Part 2

Jul 21, 2025 7:45 AM Read more >

Museum Musings: Building a Fortress

'In 1974, a closed ski hill in Alberta developed a surprising number of connections to the Whistler area'

Jul 15, 2025 7:45 AM Read more >

Museum Musings: Wartime in Whistler

'The Second World War managed to disrupt Alta Lake’s idyllic summers, and for one of its longtime families, June 6, 1944 would prove to be especially memorable'

Jul 7, 2025 7:45 AM Read more >

Museum Musings: The view across the lake

'They named the cabin Witsend and would visit often throughout the summer'

Jul 2, 2025 7:45 AM Read more >

Museum Musings: Whistler’s first tennis courts

'In the late 1960s, when Al and Nancy Raine first bought property in White Gold, there had been talk about building tennis courts in the Whistler area for many years—but none had yet materialized'

Jun 23, 2025 7:45 AM Read more >

Museum Musings: Preserving a promise

Long before the Whistler Museum and Archives Society was officially founded in 1987, the idea of preserving the valley’s history was already taking root

Jun 16, 2025 7:45 AM Read more >

Museum Musings: The centre of attention

Sept. 7 marks 40 years since the official opening of the Whistler Conference Centre

Jun 9, 2025 7:45 AM Read more >