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 Whistler Question, published from 1976 to the beginning of 2018, was Whistler’s first official newspaper. The municipality only came into being in September 1975 and Pique wouldn’t begin publishing until 1994. Well before the first edition of The Question, however, the valley’s first newspaper was put together by a small group of students at the […][...]
This is part two of a post on the Jardine-Neiland family. For part one, please click here. In early July 1922 the export log prices of cedar logs collapsed and so did Thomas Neiland’s business – he had to file for bankruptcy. The family pulled up stakes and went back to North Vancouver. Later that month, […][...]
www.whistlermuseum.org In Whistler, history is still being re-shaped- with every new oral history and piece of information the story of Whistler’s past becomes ever richer. While editing Florence Petersen’s upcoming book on Whistler’s pioneers, Sarah (the museum’s collection manager) connected with long-time Museum member Louise Betts (née Jardine) who has provided a great deal of […][...]