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An Oasis in the BushesAn Oasis in the Bushes

November 30, 2021 Whistler Museum 0 Comments

A couple of weeks ago (Wednesday, November 17), the Whistler Museum opened Parkhurst: Logging Community to Ghost Town, a temporary exhibition about the Parkhurst Mill site. Though the Parkhurst Mill (or Northern Mills, as it was later called) closed in 1956, the site continued to be inhabited and cared for by various people squatting on […][...]

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Mountain Profile: Wedge MountainMountain Profile: Wedge Mountain

September 12, 2015 Whistler Museum 0 Comments

On this blog we try to highlight many of the unique characters in Whistler’s history. Being a mountain community, however, many of the local mountains are arguably as familiar as any person. In the past we’ve set the spotlight on Fissile Mountain; today we shift slightly northwards to Wedge Mountain. Wedge is an iconic local […][...]