Category: Museum Musings

These articles have also appeared in the Whistler Question or Pique Newsmagazine in the Whistler Museum’s weekly column.

When the mountain bike industry came to Whistler | 1987When the mountain bike industry came to Whistler | 1987

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Featured photo: Richard Kelly going over the descent down Whistler Mountain with the “Delegation.” September 1987. Courtesy of Leanna Rathkelly. In the summer of 1987, some of the biggest names in the emerging mountain biking industry arrived in Whistler. They came to ride, talk bikes, and see what was happening in a destination still better […][...]

The Karen Kögler Fonds: Documenting life through photography and self-reflectionThe Karen Kögler Fonds: Documenting life through photography and self-reflection

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Written by Atessa Showrai Featured photo: Karen climbing Nordic Rock, c. 1990s. “Either go or fall” – Karen Kögler. Climbing, Mountaineering, Hiking, and Outdoor Adventures Log Book. Karen Kögler was an avid rock climber and outdoorswoman, who documented her adventures through photographs, climbing log books, and self-reflections. The Karen Kögler Fonds consist of over 300 […][...]

New insights on the 1956 CT-133 RCAF Callaghan Plane CrashNew insights on the 1956 CT-133 RCAF Callaghan Plane Crash

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Written by Oliver Matisz Featured photo: Military Search and Rescue members from the 442 Air Transport and Rescue Squadron (Comox) gather by Callaghan Lake in August 1997. After logging 20,900 square miles, 800 flight hours, and involving over a dozen search aircraft, The Royal Canadian Air Force suspended a search for a downed CT-133 jet […][...]

The Whistler Town CrierThe Whistler Town Crier

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By Anna Donaldson Since Whistler became a Resort Municipality in 1975, the community has had a handful of newspapers, from the Whistler Question to the Whistler Answer, and of course the Pique Newsmagazine. One of these was The Whistler Town Crier, a biweekly newspaper first published on September 7, 1994. Edited and published by Jacquie McCarnan, with […][...]