Last Thursday (March 25, 2021) the Whistler Museum’s second virtual Speaker Series took a look at journalism in Whistler since the 1970s. Our guests Paul Burrows, Charlie Doyle, Bob Barnett, and Clare Ogilvie, have worked on and founded some of the best known publications in the valley: The Whistler Question, The Whistler Answer, and Pique Newsmagazine. Before we explored […][...]
With the beginning of a new (though uncertain) school year, we thought we’d take a look back at the first school built in the Whistler valley and one of its teachers. The Alta Lake School was built in 1931 and operated until 1946, when it closed due to an insufficient number of students. It reopened […][...]
In the museum collections is one photograph of a New Year’s celebration held at the Alta Lake School in 1937. We don’t know who all of the people in the photo are, but a few names are written on its back, including the name of Jenny Jardine. Although Jenny and her family attended social events […][...]
The holiday season has always been a hectic time in Whistler, as so much energy is spent welcoming and entertaining guests. The Village Stroll looks magical at this time of year, with the lights glowing on the trees and the snow falling through the air. Scanning through our archives, photos from many collections show that […][...]