While visiting Rainbow Park, you may have noticed a few old cabins by the railway tracks; these are the last remaining structures of Rainbow Lodge. Opened by Alex and Myrtle Philip in 1914, Rainbow Lodge operated fo decades as a successful summer destination for those looking to fish, sail, hike, and more. The Philips sold […][...]
While cataloguing the Griffith Collection (a collection of roughly 50,000 images donated by photographer Greg Griffith), our Assistant Archivist Stephanie recently came across slides of a fire at The Keg building that we had previously only seen in black and white. The first Keg in the Whistler valley was opened at Adventures West on Alta […][...]
Thank you to everyone who participated in the Legends of Whistler… tell the stories last week! Quite a few of the stories took us back to a time when Whistler was much smaller, and had us thinking about how Whistler has grown over the last few decades. This growth can be seen in almost every […][...]
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 […][...]