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unusual facts about Whistler-Blackcomb



1976 Winter Olympics

Denver officially withdrew on November 15, and the IOC then offered the games to Whistler, British Columbia, Canada, but they too declined owing to a change of government following elections.

Abraham Whistler

Reinhardt and Chupa (played by Matt Schulze), a friend of Priest who now wishes to kill Whistler to even the score with Blade, corner Whistler, and Chupa proceeds to savagely beat Whistler.

Alfred Atmore Pope

They bought majolica and frames in Venice, and a Roman bust from an Italian dealer; Whistler and Charles Méryon prints, a boulle inkstand, mahogany liquor case, Persian rugs and a William Morris tapestry based on Walter Crane's The Goose Girl in London; and in Paris a Venetian mirror, Antoine-Louis Barye bronzes, Japanese prints and three Monets from leading art dealers Boussoud, Valadon.

All Saints Church, Orton

In the south aisle is a window designed by Beatrice Whistler (the wife of James McNeill Whistler), made by Campbell, Smith and Company in 1892; one designed by F.

Black-chinned Whistler

The Black-chinned Whistler is the northernmost member of the Golden Whistler group, being bordered to the south by the Yellow-throated Whistler.

Canadian Art Club

The Club, modelled on Whistler's International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers, encouraged achievement of individuals and was nationalist in persuading expatriates to exhibit at home, but defined nationality in only the broadest terms.

Chicago fashioned

The renderings by Grell are of prominent Chicago ladies from 1800 through 1930 and include: Archange Quilmette, Ann Whistler, Eleanor Kinzie, Eliza Chappell, Pamalie Calhoun, Nettie MaCormick, Mary Booth, Helen De Koven, Lady Patterson, Maria Werkmeister, Bertha Palmer, Gibson Girl.

Colby College Museum of Art

More than 300 etchings and lithographs make up the Whistler Collection, representing some of the rarest and most beautiful impressions by James Abbott McNeill Whistler.

David Young Cameron

His etchings, which examined light and shade, again show the influence of the Hague School as well as Whistler and Rembrandt.

Dylan Hudecki

He has also recorded a solo cover of Rheostatics' "Satan is the Whistler" for the 2007 Rheostatics tribute album The Secret Sessions.

Eric Mitchell

In 2013 he was the top Canadian at the National Championships in Whistler.

Erik Guay

The 2010 Winter Olympics took place on home soil for Guay and he competed at the events in Whistler where he narrowly missed the podium finishing in fifth place.

Fun Town

Tig also teases Darby over the "mysterious disappearance" of Whistler, the Nord they killed in San Leandro.

George Bernard O'Neill

In the 1870s, along with George Henry Boughton, he became friends with James McNeill Whistler and offered him moral support during the years 1877-78, when Whistler sued the critic John Ruskin for libel.

Gondola lift

Examples of a lift with three stops instead of the standard two are the Village Gondola and the Excalibur Gondolas at Whistler Blackcomb.

Harold Whistler

In the 1901 Census for Louth he is listed as Harold Alfred Whistler aged 4 with his parents, older brother and two older sisters living at the Rectory, Little Carlton.

Hoary marmot

Whistler, British Columbia, originally London Mountain because of its heavy fogs and rain, was renamed for these animals to help make it more marketable as a resort.

Hugh Whistler

Whistler's Warbler originally described as Seicercus burkii whistleri is now considered a full species Seicercus whistleri.

Lynes was however recalled back to England, but insisted that Whistler and B. B. Osmaston complete the bird survey.

Ivan Babikov

At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Whistler, he earned his best finish of 5th in the 15 km + 15 km double pursuit, representing Canada.

Jeanette Schmid

Following her Iran performance, Schmid toured the world as a cross-dressing whistler, performing on stage with acts like Frank Sinatra, Édith Piaf and Marlene Dietrich while living in Cairo.

Jesse Ceci

Mr. Ceci made many solo appearances including the Denver Chamber Orchestra, Royal Metropolitan Orchestra of Japan, Shizuoka Symphony Orchestra, Osaka Municipal Band, The Mozart Festival in Whistler, British Columbia, Bach Carmel festival in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, Colorado Music Festival, Minnesota Orchestra, Esterhazy Orchestra, New Orleans Philharmonic Orchestra and with the Denver Symphony Orchestra as soloist in over thirty major works.

Joanna Hiffernan

Her father, Patrick Hiffernan, is described by Whistler's friends, Joseph Pennell and his wife Elizabeth, as being like "Captain Costigan," the drunken Irishman in Thackeray's novel Pendennis.

Hiffernan attended séances with Whistler at Dante Gabriel Rossetti's house in Chelsea in 1863, and spent the summer and autumn of 1865 in Trouville with Whistler.

Kamikawa, Hokkaido

Kamikawa also capitalizes on its proximity to Daisetsuzan National Park as many of its townspeople work with Road Construction and Transportation through the Town Municipal Government, and others work in the tourist haven/onsen heaven that is Sōunkyō Gorge (modeled after Whistler, British Columbia, Canada - site of the 2010 Winter Olympics).

Lajoie Lake

It was from Lajoie Lake that mine promoter David Sloan, namesake of the Matterhorn-like Mount Sloan, which overlooks the lake from the other side of the Bridge River to its south, too off on his last flight, dying in a plane crash at Alta Lake (now in the resort of Whistler).

Leadenhall Press

The Press quickly earned a reputation for excellence in reproducing art; the first edition of Songs of the North (1885) included works by Burne-Jones, Whistler, and Frederick Sandys, among others.

Leitner-Poma

In the following years, Poma built gondolas at Whistler-Blackcomb, British Columbia; Squaw Valley, California (replaced by North America's only funitel); Stowe Mountain Resort, Vermont; and Stratton, Vermont, among others.

Lime Salted Love

The movie was screened on December 1, 2006 at the Whistler Film Festival.

North Shore Credit Union

Based in North Vancouver, British Columbia, BlueShore Financial operates as a full service financial institution for its clients, and has 12 branches throughout the Lower Mainland of British Columbia and in Squamish, Whistler, and Pemberton.

Occupation Double

The 7th season will air in the Fall of 2010, the show will take place in Whistler, British Columbia.

Otis Kaye

He also created ink drawings of currency, and made etchings after Rembrandt, Whistler and Picasso, as well as other artists.

Prichard, Alabama

During the 1950s and 60's, Prichard annexed historic Whistler as well as parts of Eight Mile, Alabama and Kushla.

Rusty-breasted Whistler

It is the westernmost member of the Golden Whistler group, being bordered to the east by the Black-chinned and Yellow-throated Whistlers, and to the south by the Australian Golden Whistler.

Sinn Sage

In April 2009, a snowboarding accident in Whistler, British Columbia caused a serious head injury which led to brain surgery and a medically induced coma.

Ted Weems

Among Weems' other discoveries were whistler-singer Elmo Tanner, sax player and singer Red Ingle, Marilyn Maxwell, who left the band for an acting career; and arranger Joe Haymes, who created the band's unique jazz-novelty style.

Tite Street

Whistler instructed Edward William Godwin to build the White House here, but due to his bankruptcy after his legal case with John Ruskin, he was never able to occupy it; the building was demolished in 1968.

Whistler railway station

The line is now mostly freight only, but the luxury-class Rocky Mountaineer tour trains now operate from North Vancouver via Whistler to Jasper.

Two trains call at the station, the Rainforest to Gold Rush provides service from Whistler Station to Quesnel railway station and Jasper railway station.

Whistler Water

Whistler Water’s original source was located at Function Junction (British Columbia Highway 99 at Cheakamus Valley Road) in Whistler, British Columbia, and was used from 1991 to 1992 before it was moved to a secondary source because of industrial intrusion.

Following the humanitarian emergency caused by Tropical Storm Washi in Cagayan de Oro, Whistler Water together with Rotary World Help Network Inter­national shipped 80,000 bottles of water to the Philippines.

Yellow-throated Whistler

Among the members of the Golden Whistler group, the Yellow-throated Whistler is bordered to the north by the Black-chinned Whistler, to the west by the Rusty-breasted Whistler, and to the south by the Australian Golden Whistler.

The Oriole Whistler is sometimes alternatively called the Yellow-throated Whistler, leading to confusion between both species.

Zaib Shaikh

He is co-founder of the Whistler Theatre Project, and also writer and director of the CBC adaptation of Othello.


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