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Parkhurst Before the Ghost TownParkhurst Before the Ghost Town

June 30, 2018 Whistler Museum 6 Comments

Parkhurst may now be known primarily as a ghost town, but it was once the site of the first large and permanent mill operations in the valley. Mr. and Mrs. Parkhurst pre-empted the land on Green Lake in 1902 and built a small house where they lived with their family. It is unclear whether they […][...]

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Exploring Parkhurst, Whistler’s “ghost town”Exploring Parkhurst, Whistler’s “ghost town”

February 25, 2012 Whistler Museum 7 Comments

If you hike into the former site of Parkhurst on Green Lake today, you will find a few falling-down log cabins, and some rusted pieces of machinery that barely hint at its past as a booming logging community. There are also some more recent relics, including a once-white corvette with red leather seats, left behind […][...]