Whistler Museum and Archives Society

Featured photo: Residents casting their vote at Myrtle Philip Community School. Turnout was down thirty-five percent. Whistler Question Collection, Bonny Makarewicz. Over the last fifty years, the Resort Municipality of Whistler has seen nine mayors over nineteen elections. With the election coming up, we thought we would reflect on the 1993 municipal election, where one […]

Featured photo: Richard Kelly going over the descent down Whistler Mountain with the “Delegation.” September 1987. Courtesy of Leanna Rathkelly. In the summer of 1987, some of the biggest names in the emerging mountain biking industry arrived in Whistler. They came to ride, talk bikes, and see what was happening in a destination still better […]

Written by Atessa Showrai Featured photo: Karen climbing Nordic Rock, c. 1990s. “Either go or fall” – Karen Kögler. Climbing, Mountaineering, Hiking, and Outdoor Adventures Log Book. Karen Kögler was an avid rock climber and outdoorswoman, who documented her adventures through photographs, climbing log books, and self-reflections. The Karen Kögler Fonds consist of over 300 […]

Written by Oliver Matisz Featured photo: Military Search and Rescue members from the 442 Air Transport and Rescue Squadron (Comox) gather by Callaghan Lake in August 1997. After logging 20,900 square miles, 800 flight hours, and involving over a dozen search aircraft, The Royal Canadian Air Force suspended a search for a downed CT-133 jet […]

By Anna Donaldson Since Whistler became a Resort Municipality in 1975, the community has had a handful of newspapers, from the Whistler Question to the Whistler Answer, and of course the Pique Newsmagazine. One of these was The Whistler Town Crier, a biweekly newspaper first published on September 7, 1994. Edited and published by Jacquie McCarnan, with […]