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The History of Olympic Bids
Images: Landscape

 
A prelude to North America's Number One Ski Destination.
1 of 133 		Artist's conception of how a paradise should be carved out in Whistler.
2 of 133 		The dream of development continues.
3 of 133 		Early development stages of the Whistler Creekside prior to its official opening in 1966.
4 of 133 		A sign posting the site of the new lifts to be constructed on Whistler Mountain.
5 of 133 		Two men constructing one of the first lifts during the summer of 1965.
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The GLL crew constructing a gondola, chairlift and T bars at Whistler mountain.
7 of 133 		Sales office for Whistler Property.
8 of 133 		Signs of early development in the valley during the 1960s.
9 of 133 		'The Roundhouse', Whistler's first mountaintop restaurant, being built in the summer of 1966.
10 of 133 		One of the early lots for sale in the Whistler area.
11 of 133 		An aerial view of Whistler creekside in the early days
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Tex Rodgers, a Buckhorn rancher, helping out in the Whistler parking lot.
13 of 133 		Two people pointing at a sign that maps out the growing expanse of Whistler Mountain.
14 of 133 		The Skier's Chapel was built on land donated from the GLL.
15 of 133 		Map showing the expanse of the mountain.
16 of 133 		Map showing the existing runs and plans for future development at Whistler mountain.
17 of 133 		Franz Wilhelmsen pointing across the valley to the mountain that he helped to develop.
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