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Jurassic Park : Blackcomb is 50-70 million years older than Whistler Jurassic Park : Blackcomb is 50-70 million years older than Whistler

June 2, 2026 Whistler Museum 0 Comments

Featured Image: Prospector Henry ‘Harry’ Horstman arrived in 1913. Though Horstman Glacier and Hut on Blackcomb are named after him, he did not stake any claims on the mountain. Photo: Brock Collection. ‘The Fault of Fitzsimmons’ Whistler and Blackcomb mountains have very different histories. Their differing stories far predate the 80s and 90s ‘Duel of […][...]

Shaping the landscape with fire and iceShaping the landscape with fire and ice

August 30, 2022 Whistler Museum 0 Comments

In the weekly Museum Musings column in Pique Newsmagazine, we mostly explore and share stories of the past. Rarely, however, do we go back thousands or millions of years as is required when talking about the geological history of our region. In celebration of the Sea to Sky Fire and Ice Aspiring GeoRegion, the Museum […][...]

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Whistler’s Lakes: Records of Environmental Change in Alta and Lost LakesWhistler’s Lakes: Records of Environmental Change in Alta and Lost Lakes

March 31, 2019 Whistler Museum 2 Comments

*Due to generous private support, this event will now be offered with FREE ADMISSION Dr. Ian Spooner (Acadia University, Nova Scotia) is an environmental scientist who uses lake sediment records to determine how development, atmospheric pollution and local geology influence lake water quality and chemistry. Over the past seven years he and his students along […][...]

Taking Stock of Glacial Loss in Garibaldi ParkTaking Stock of Glacial Loss in Garibaldi Park

October 16, 2016 Whistler Museum 0 Comments

A few weeks ago, we had the pleasure to run into a pair of glaciologists performing research in Garibaldi Provincial Park. They let us tag along and see what a day of glaciological fieldwork entailed. Their focus was the Helm Glacier, a slender icefield four kilometres southeast of Black Tusk most commonly accessed from the […][...]