Tag: Reginald Brock

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Taking a Walk with Pip BrockTaking a Walk with Pip Brock

March 16, 2021 Whistler Museum 8 Comments

Mildred and Reginald Brock first visited Alta Lake in 1927 as guests of friends. Mildred fell in love with the area and the Brock family bought three small lots on the southwest corner of Alta Lake, hiring Bert Harrop to build a cottage that they named “Primrose”. The Brocks and their five sons visited Alta […][...]

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Pip Brock part 1Pip Brock part 1

July 25, 2011 Whistler Museum 0 Comments

Beyond its success as a tourist destination, Rainbow Lodge’s success also attracted a growing number of year-round and seasonal residents, planting the seeds of the community that eventually became Whistler. The Vancouver family of Reginald and Mildred Brock was just one family among the growing number of city-dwellers who began building vacation homes in this beautiful […][...]