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![Community Picnic](../images/then_now/community/then/club_sm.jpg) |
Community Clubs |
![Myrtle Philip Ski Day](../images/then_now/community/club_sm.jpg) |
Community has always been the essence
of life at Alta Lake. The Alta Lake Community Club is on the left
and Myrtle Philip Ski Day is on the right. |
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![Philip's Family Home](../images/then_now/community/then/home_sm.jpg) |
Philips Family Home |
![Philip's Family Home](../images/then_now/community/home_sm.jpg) |
Myrtle as a young lady on the porch
of her home at Rainbow Lodge, and later in her back yard of the Philips
West Side Road home. |
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![Post Office](../images/then_now/community/then/post_office_sm.jpg) |
Post Office |
![Post Office](../images/then_now/community/post_office_sm.jpg) |
The first post office was located
at Rainbow. It is now in the Whistler Village Marketplace. |
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![Myrtle Philip Elementary School](../images/then_now/community/then/school_sm.jpg) |
School |
![Myrtle Philip Elementary School](../images/then_now/community/school_sm.jpg) |
The first school was built down on
the shores of Alta Lake. The present-day school, called Myrtle Philip
Elementary School, is located on Lorimer Road. |
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![Myrtle Philip Elementary School](../images/then_now/community/then/school2_sm.jpg) |
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![Myrtle Philip Elementary School](../images/then_now/community/school2_sm.jpg) |
Myrtle Philip Elementary School during
the 1980s. |
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![Alta Lake Train Station](../images/then_now/community/then/train_sm.jpg) |
Trains |
![BC Rail Whistler Depot](../images/then_now/community/train_sm.jpg) |
![Alta Lake Train](../images/then_now/community/then/train2_sm.jpg) |
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![BC Rail Train](../images/then_now/community/train2_sm.jpg) |
Trains used to be the primary means
of transportation to Alta Lake. Today, the trains still run to Whistler
daily but most travellers prefer to use the Sea to Sky Highway. |
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![Valley view from Sproatt](../images/then_now/community/then/village1_sm.jpg) |
Village |
![Valley view from Sproatt](../images/then_now/community/village1_sm.jpg) |
A view of Alta Lake, looking west
from Sproatt Mountain. |
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![Rainbow Lodge](../images/then_now/community/then/village2_sm.jpg) |
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![Village Square](../images/then_now/community/village2_sm.jpg) |
![Rainbow Lodge](../images/then_now/community/then/village3_sm.jpg) |
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![Village construction with mountain view](../images/then_now/community/village3_sm.jpg) |
![Alta Lake Store](../images/then_now/community/then/village4_sm.jpg) |
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![Construction in the village square](../images/then_now/community/village4_sm.jpg) |
![aerial view](../images/then_now/community/then/village5_sm.jpg) |
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![aerial view](../images/then_now/community/village5_sm.jpg) |
During the pioneer days, Rainbow Lodge
was the prime destination for travellers coming to Alta Lake. Today,
travellers head to Whistler Village, located at the base of Whistler
and Blackcombe mountains, where there is a large number of hotels,
restaurants, shops and other amenities for tourists. |
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