Museums near Rexmount BC (10 Result(s))

Welcome To The New Websitethe Pemberton Museum Has Over 2,000 Artifacts, 2,000 Photographs And Over 20 Meters Of Archival And Reference Materials That Have Been Collected Since 1982. Our Mandate Is To Collect, Preserve And Display Artifacts Associated With Human Activity In The District.We Have Upgraded Our Website To Better Serve Our Community And To Deliver On Our Mandate To Provide Public Access To Our Collections. This Project Was Made Possible Thanks To Funding Received From Heritage Canada Through The Museum Assistance Program In 2013.

Wellness Awaits You in the Village of Ashcroft. A small town nestled along the banks of the Thompson River with clean air, fresh water, locally produced foods, ample hiking and walking opportunities and affordable housing. We are often the official hot spot not only in BC but in all of Canada and shovelling snow only happens a handful of times each winter. The common feeling when you cross the river into Ashcroft is that you have come home.

It was the chance for a weekend get-a-way spot that spurred Florence Petersen and four friends to purchase a small cabin at Alta Lake, in the mid 50s. At the time the valley was a quaint summer fishing resort with only a handful of year-round residents. In the years following, the valley would transform from its humble beginnings into the internationally renowned four-season resort we know today. With so much change taking place in the 70s, early pioneer Myrtle Philip and Cypress Lodge owner, Dick Fairhurst confessed to Florence a worry that the early days would soon be forgotten. Florence eased their fears by promising them that she would somehow ensure that their stories would be remembered and true to her word in 1986, after retiring from school-teaching, Florence kept her promise by starting the Whistler Museum and Archives as a charitable non-profit society. Over twenty years later Whistler has grown beyond the early trail-blazers' wildest dreams and the Museum is proud to continue to collect, preserve, and tell the stories of mountain life and the people who live it.