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The History of Olympic Bids
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Two men constructing one of the first lifts during the summer of 1965.
1 of 41 		The GLL crew constructing a gondola, chairlift and T bars at Whistler mountain.
2 of 41 		'The Roundhouse', Whistler's first mountaintop restaurant, being built in the summer of 1966.
3 of 41 		Tex Rodgers, a Buckhorn rancher, helping out in the Whistler parking lot.
4 of 41 		Franz Wilhelmsen pointing across the valley to the mountain that he helped to develop.
5 of 41 		A man peaking out the window of the Creekside Gondola to get a better view of Coast Mountain Range.
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A skier enjoying the slopes of the Coast Mountain Range that surround Whistler Valley.
7 of 41 		A skier carves a turn through powdery snow on Whistler Mountain.
8 of 41 		Gerry Renaldi racing down a course at the 1969 Canadian Garibaldi Championships in Whistler.
9 of 41 		Young Whistler 'hotdoggers' George Oskwold, Floyd Wilkie, and Wayne Wong get straight to the point!
10 of 41 		A group of young men playing snow volleyball at the top of the Blue Chair on Whistler Mountain.
11 of 41 		Jack Bright (left) finishes a powdery turn as Jim McConkey (right) watches with a smile.
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A sign, located at Creekside base, shows the lodges and facilities available in Whistler.
13 of 41 		A skier hikes to the top of Whistler's peak before it was accessible by chairlift.
14 of 41 		Franz Wilhelmsen (left) stands next to Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau atop Whistler Mountain.
15 of 41 		A man standing by an old growth tree in the area which later became the "Whistler Cay Estates".
16 of 41 		Whistler's first mayor, Pat Carleton (far left), was an important figure in the local community.
17 of 41 		Swiss skier Peter Mueller, winner of the first World Cup Downhill in Whistler in 1982.
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