When Glen Creelman arrived in the Whistler area in 1960, it wasn’t for the skiing or for the fishing. Glen moved to Alta Lake (as it was known at the time) to work for the Pacific Great Eastern Railway (PGE) as a communications lineman, maintaining the telephone line and new microwave station. Glen had recently […][...]
Rafting has long been a favourite summer leisure activity throughout the Whistler Valley. In 1913, Alex and Myrtle Philip bought their 10-acre property on Alta Lake for $700 (where Rainbow Park is today). Rainbow Lodge and the Pacific Great Eastern (PGE) Railway were both completed the next year in 1914, and together they started offering […][...]
A few weeks ago, we wrote an article about the history of the Pacific Great Eastern Railway. Today, we’d like to continue that journey, so to speak, and take a look at the history of the PGE passenger trains, which were invaluable to the history of tourism in the Whistler area. Many communities all along […][...]
If you’ve ever been out hiking near the train tracks on the western side of Whistler, you know how difficult the terrain can be. The cliffs, creeks, and rivers running through the valley make for beautiful scenery and photographs, but they can make travel very difficult. As a result, building a railway from coastal British […][...]