Featured Image: Lyall Featherstonehaugh paddles the Cheakamus River on May 11, 1980, during a demonstration organized for the Whistler Chamber of Commerce to showcase kayaking opportunities in the Whistler area as part of their May Day celebrations. Whistler Question Collection. Longtime Whistler kayaker Shawn ‘Puddles’ Hughes left me with an interesting concept: he said he […][...]
Dipping our toes into the rushing waters of the local kayaking history Featured Image: B.C. Kayak Championships on the Cheakamus River September 21, 1980. Whistler Question Collection. Whistler and the Sea to Sky boast some of the best Class 4 and 5 whitewater river runs in the world. However, this facet of our local sports history/destination […][...]
Rafting has long been a favourite summer leisure activity throughout the Whistler Valley. In 1913, Alex and Myrtle Philip bought their 10-acre property on Alta Lake for $700 (where Rainbow Park is today). Rainbow Lodge and the Pacific Great Eastern (PGE) Railway were both completed the next year in 1914, and together they started offering […][...]
As with many newcomers, I only know the basics of Whistler’s history when I moved here, and I hadn’t even though about the influence forestry has had – and still has – on the community, development, and economy of the area. I have been working on the Don MacLaurin archival collection for the past few […][...]
