Tag: Everett Valleau

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A Family BusinessA Family Business

February 4, 2025 Whistler Museum 0 Comments

Not all summer residents of Alta Lake came to the area for the fishing or a mountain holiday. When Everett Valleau moved his company, Valleau Logging Ltd., to the area in 1955, he came to log timber around Alta and Green Lakes. Valleau Logging was a family business and over the years each of Everett’s […][...]

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Cooking at MonsCooking at Mons

June 15, 2021 Whistler Museum 2 Comments

While a disused logging camp may not seem like the most likely place to find a great meal, that is exactly what could be found at Mons Crossing from 1978 to 1981. The Cookhouse, described as a “little hut by the tracks,” opened in June 1978 to provide breakfast and lunch to local contractors, workers, […][...]