Museum Musings

As we've discussed in the last few weeks, countless women have contributed to Whistler's success over the past decades.

If you read last week's Museum Musings, you already know that October has been designated Women's History Month in Canada since 1992.

Museum marks October's Women in History Month

Dick Fairhurst's Whistler Stories introduce some of the best

When the mountains open this winter things will look a bit different. Over the summer both mountains have undergone some changes. On Whistler a new six-person Emerald Express chairlift will replace the four-person chair.

We are incredibly lucky at the Whistler Museum to have stories from myriad different people who lived, worked or visited the valley over the past 100 years.

In the past we've covered the building of various backcountry huts situated around Whistler beginning in the 1960s. Gothic-arch huts have a place in much more recent history as well, as the Watersprite Lake Hut proves.

The community of Whistler has undergone many changes in the last 100 or so years, and nowhere is this more evident than in our elementary schools.

Looking back on past summers (even ones that haven't quite ended yet), it's easy to remember the good parts: days at the lake, hiking around the valley and camping under clear skies.

Summertime in Canada, especially for children, is often portrayed as a series of long, carefree days spent exploring the outdoors, playing in and on the water and spending time with friends and family.