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Whistler’s Past InstitutionsWhistler’s Past Institutions

January 27, 2018 Whistler Museum 0 Comments

Yesterday (Friday, January 26) we opened our 2018 Speaker Series season with an evening dedicated to the Rainbow Ski Village, presented by Tom Jarvis, John Lee and Tommy Thompson. The three told stories of Rainbow from three different perspectives: the owner trying to make the small ski hill a going concern, the former liftee in […][...]

Whistler: A Town

A New Kind of GovernmentA New Kind of Government

June 9, 2012 Whistler Museum 2 Comments

Ask about the beginnings of municipal politics in Whistler and two things will unfailingly be mentioned: the year 1975 and the name Pat Carleton. In the early 1970s Whistler had yet to gain a local governing body. The area including Whistler was governed directly by the province and the Squamish-Lillooet Regional District. Change began in […][...]