Museum Musings

Unsurprisingly, the sub-zero temperatures and arctic winds have left the museum feeling a bit chilly. Rather than dream of warmer climes, this weather has inspired me to look back at photos of winters from Alta Lake's past.

Looking back at the early days of skiing in Whistler might make you long for a time when life seemed simpler and cheaper.

On Whistler and Blackcomb mountains, names are often used to tell a story.

The names of people, places and things sometimes change.

We've written quite a bit about Parkhurst and life at the mill before, and often these stories tell of the challenges that came with daily life on Green Lake in the '30s to '50s.

With the beginning of the new year, we have been spending some time looking back at what 2018 brought to the museum (new records, new exhibits and many new donations of artifacts and archival materials) as well as looking forward to what lies ahead.

The past year has been one of great exhilaration, vision, and accomplishment for the Whistler Museum & Archives Society.

In the Whistler museum collections is one photograph of a New Year's celebration held at the Alta Lake School in 1937. We don't know who all of the people in the photo are, but a few names are written on its back, including the name of Jenny Jardine.

The holiday season has always been a hectic time in Whistler, as so much energy is spent welcoming and entertaining guests.

Working at a museum or archive can be a bit like being a detective. Piecing together evidence to solve historical puzzles, you often uncover connections between people and places you'd never expect.