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The Spirit of WhistlerThe Spirit of Whistler

February 27, 2024 Whistler Museum 0 Comments

While reorganizing artefacts in the collection recently, we came across a mounted model of a SkyTrain car that had been presented to the Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) on September 5, 1985. While it wouldn’t seem like Whistler had much to do with a transit system built in Vancouver, the plaque attached to the models […][...]

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Expo 86 – Putting BC on the MapExpo 86 – Putting BC on the Map

August 9, 2022 Whistler Museum 2 Comments

Expo 86 is widely credited as turning Vancouver from a sleepy regional city into the international destination that is it today, while also increasing the awareness of surrounding areas including Whistler and Victoria. In 1986, Vancouver threw a party and the world accepted the invite. The 1986 World Exposition on Transportation and Communication, usually just […][...]