Legacy Story
June 29, 2021
Since 1973, Karl Ricker organized the annual effort to monitor the health — and retreat — of Wedgemont and Overlord glaciers.
Since 1973, Karl Ricker organized the annual effort to monitor the health — and retreat — of Wedgemont and Overlord glaciers.
In the late 70s, when he was evicting squatters, Jim Moodie never imagined one of them would be the mayor he’d approach in 2012 with the proposal for Michael’s museum. But Nancy Wilhelm-Morden loved the proposal and the 56,000 square foot, Patkua-designed building opened in March 2016, forever establishing Whistler as a player in art & culture.
In a lifetime of working with outstanding people who helped build Whistler, one of Doug’s favourite memories is spending the winter of 1981/82 discovering Blackcomb mountain with long-time friend Cliff Jennings.
Peter Alder: As a part of our legacy, both Trudy and I would like to see the rebuilding of a Whistler Chapel on Whistler Mountain, a place for the community to reflect and celebrate, similar in spirit to the original chapel.
Bree Thorlakson has been studying, alongside her duties as the Executive Director for PORCA, in the SFU Non-Profit Management Certificate program since receiving a leadership grant in 2020.
Doug and Mary Forseth Like many of the people who pioneered, shaped, built and nourished Whistler, Mary and Doug Forseth’s roots stretch south of the
Ginny and Kerry Dennehy We made our home in West Vancouver with our two children, Kelty and Riley. But we were fortunate to have a
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