When Paul and Jane Burrows began printing the Whistler Question in their Alpine Meadows home in 1976, they created an incredible resource for researching happenings in Whistler. The Question reported on all sorts of stories, which means that you never know what you’ll come across. Recently, while looking into a story about a strata that […][...]
Over the last week or so, the Whistler Museum hosted various events as part of our fourth annual Mountain Bike Heritage Week, including a Post-Toonie Retro Bike Show & Shine, a bike maintenance course, a film screening of Ride to the Hills, and talks on the Cheakamus Challenge and bike manufacturing in Whistler. We’d like to […][...]
What is the oldest building in the Whistler Village? This is a question we have been asked many times, especially when leading Valley of Dreams Walking Tours through the village during the summer. While some questions about Whistler’s history have very simple answers, the answer to this one is not entirely straightforward. Municipal Hall could […][...]
Before you got a parking spot or parking pass for being Citizen of the Year, the lucky winner received the Citizen of the Year plaque. Can you spot which year they rearranged the names to fit more on? 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1984[...]