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Changing Seasons – Harvest TimeChanging Seasons – Harvest Time

September 24, 2011 Whistler Museum 3 Comments

Wow. And just like that, it’s Autumn. In a matter of days everyone went from lounging at the beach to excitedly gossiping about snow at the Roundhouse, ski-movie premieres and the upcoming La Nina redux. For our valley’s pioneer-era residents the end of summer was an equally momentous event, but for completely different reasons. In […][...]

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Appreciating Whistler’s CemeteryAppreciating Whistler’s Cemetery

July 8, 2011 Whistler Museum 0 Comments

Earlier this summer after an outing to Rainbow Park some of us museum folk paid a visit to the Whistler Cemetery. None of us had ever been so we figured it would be a good opportunity to see this oft-forgotten but integral local landmark. Cemeteries provide historical researchers with a wealth of useful information that […][...]