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Reimagining Hillcrest LodgeReimagining Hillcrest Lodge

March 23, 2021 Whistler Museum 0 Comments

When Hillcrest Lodge first opened for business in 1946 it was not meant to be a year-round operation. Summers were so busy with regular visitors and guests that Jack and Cis Mansell, who built the lodge with their sons Doug and Loyd, would “say goodbye to each other in May and hello in October.” In […][...]

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Remembering Hillcrest LodgeRemembering Hillcrest Lodge

October 4, 2014 Whistler Museum 0 Comments

While flipping through the 1979 October/November issue of the Whistler Answer, I came across a fascinating story titled “The Whistler Lodge (1973-74) or the Heyday of a Cabaret.” I love the Whistler Answer for its bare all writing styles that would most definitely be deemed inappropriate in today’s local news. This story has all that quirkiness one expects from the […][...]