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Museum Musings: Building a Fortress

Museum Musings: Building a Fortress

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

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'
Museum Musings: The view across the lake

Museum Musings: The view across the lake

'They named the cabin Witsend and would visit often throughout the summer'
Museum Musings: Whistler’s first tennis courts

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'
Museum Musings: Preserving a promise

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
Museum Musings: The centre of attention

Museum Musings: The centre of attention

Sept. 7 marks 40 years since the official opening of the Whistler Conference Centre
Museum Musings: Whistler’s first courier

Museum Musings: Whistler’s first courier

'The Great Snow Earth Water Race was a relay race founded by Bryan Walhovd that included skiing, cycling, canoeing and running'
Museum Musings: Adventure West, the development that almost was

Museum Musings: Adventure West, the development that almost was

According to a 1972 article in The Vancouver Sun, Richard Street and Alta Lake Ltd., the company that was developing Adventures West, spent years researching the Alta Lake area and potential markets before taking seven months to select the site for the project
Museum Musings: When Wylie came to Whistler

Museum Musings: When Wylie came to Whistler

'Doug had grown up skiing in Ontario, but after skiing at Sunshine in Alberta knew he wanted to move west for the big mountains'
Museum Musings: Full moon over Whistler

Museum Musings: Full moon over Whistler

'In January 1988, Whistler Mountain announced a new event for the lift company to coincide with the full moon on Feb. 2'