Whistler Museum and Archives Society

Welcome to our 2026 Crafts in the Park activity video on coyotes! For this craft, you will need a printed copy of the coyote mask (linked below), scissors, string, markers, and any other materials you would like to use to decorate your mask. Click here for printable mask. About Coyotes Coyotes belong to the same […]

Featured Image: Lyall Featherstonehaugh paddles the Cheakamus River on May 11, 1980, during a demonstration organized for the Whistler Chamber of Commerce to showcase kayaking opportunities in the Whistler area as part of their May Day celebrations. Whistler Question Collection. Longtime Whistler kayaker Shawn ‘Puddles’ Hughes left me with an interesting concept: he said he [...

Dipping our toes into the rushing waters of the local kayaking history  Featured Image: B.C. Kayak Championships on the Cheakamus River September 21, 1980. Whistler Question Collection. Whistler and the Sea to Sky boast some of the best Class 4 and 5 whitewater river runs in the world. However, this facet of our local sports history/destination […]

Feature Image: A view of Garibaldi Lake from Mount Price in 1960. Fenner Collection. Last week’s article focused on how spotting a school of Rainbow Trout in Garibaldi Lake lured me into a local fish-fact-finding mission around the stocking history of the local Whistler Lakes. Alta Lake’s fishing history was shared, and now we pick […]

By Bronwyn Preece. Featured Image: Alex and Myrtle Philip at Rainbow Lodge on Alta Lake, 1940s. Philip Collection Last week, I was standing on a rock on the edge of Garibaldi Lake, staring into the clear turquoise waters. All of a sudden, a school of fish – Rainbow Trout – some big, some small, with […]