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Discovering More About the Chefs of Rainbow LodgeDiscovering More About the Chefs of Rainbow Lodge

April 16, 2019 Whistler Museum 0 Comments

As the museum’s collection grows, so too does our understanding of the people who made Whistler’s early resort days possible. Some names, such as Myrtle and Alex Philip, are already well known while others are far more obscure. In this article, I’m going to shine a light on two lesser-known but very important figures from […][...]

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Summer Adventures of Mollie StephensonSummer Adventures of Mollie Stephenson

July 15, 2017 Whistler Museum 0 Comments

It’s a story everyone in Whistler has heard – young person comes to the valley to work for a season, but ends up staying a few years longer than expected. What makes the story of Mollie Stephenson unique, however, is that she first came to the Whistler valley in the summer of 1926. In 1924, […][...]