Tag: Garibaldi Olympic Development Association

The Early Days of CreeksideThe Early Days of Creekside

January 20, 2018 Whistler MuseumWhistler Museum 5 Comments

The community of Alta Lake, which attracted visitors and families with cabins in the summer for hiking, hunting and fishing along the lakefront, was forever changed in 1960. That year, the Garibaldi Olympic Development Agency, led by Franz Wilhelmsen, chose the valley as the site to bring the 1968 Winter Olympics to Canada and British […][...]

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A Clean SlateA Clean Slate

September 28, 2013 Whistler MuseumWhistler Museum 0 Comments

Every autumn the mountains are born-again, baptised by a blanket of frozen water whose crystalline forms are revered for their meteorological, rather than priestly blessings. But imagine, for a moment, what it must have been like to encounter these mountains for the first time, before our impressions had been shaped by chairlifts, lift-lines, and Instagram… That’s […][...]

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