When describing summers spent at Alta Lake, Florence Petersen (founder of the Whistler Museum & Archives Society) once explained how she, June Collins, Kelly Fairhurst, Betty Atkinson, and Jacquie Pope (her fellow Witsend residents) would plan their days: “You’d take a walk, and say ‘What’ll I do today?’ Something would happen that would lead to […][...]
On March 26, 2013, one of the staff at the Whistler Museum sat down to record an oral history with June Collins. June Tidball, as she was known during her time at Alta Lake, was one of the original owners of Witsend, a cabin on Alta Lake. June was born in Banff, AB to Tom […][...]
Earlier this month, we were invited to attend the Alta Lake Road Block Party. While sharing information about the neighbourhood’s history with residents, a couple came by to share some history of their friend Jacquie Pope with us. Jacquie Pope first visited Alta Lake in 1953, when she and Kelly Forster (later Kelly Fairhurst) took […][...]
October may be more widely known as Breast Cancer Awareness Month, but in 1992 the Government of Canada also designated October as Women’s History Month to “celebrate the achievements and contributions of women and girls across the country and throughout our history.” Though any month could have been selected, October includes two important dates: the […][...]