On October 10 (this Thursday!) the Whistler Museum will be opening Construction of the Whistler Village: 1978 – 1984, a temporary exhibit featuring images of a village in progress from the Whistler Question collection. The planning and development of the Whistler Village is often referred to as one of the first tasks of the newly formed Resort […][...]
In may technically still be (and at times even feel) like summer, but for many people the beginning of September signals the beginning of fall. While many people will have spent this weekend celebrating a certain beverage at the Whistler Beer Festival, in the 1980s this past weekend would have featured a celebration of the […][...]
Opportunities for continued learning and recreational programming are not always abundant in small communities. This was especially true before the internet made distance learning and online tutorials commonplace. In the 1970s and 80s in Whistler, Myrtle Philip Elementary School was the site of learning for more than just school aged kids. An adult education department […][...]
The integral role Jane Burrows played in the founding and operations of the Whistler Question, Whistler’s first newspaper, came through clearly at the opening of the museum’s temporary exhibit in September 2017 featuring photographs from the Question. In the Question, as in so much else, Jane and Paul Burrows were equal partners. Born Doris Jane […][...]