Alta Lake was a recreational community and railway station on the west side of
Alta Lake Alta Lake may refer to:
* Alta Lake State Park, Washington, US
* Alta Lake (British Columbia), British Columbia, Canada
* Alta Lake, British Columbia, a former recreational community and BCR railway station, now part of the Resort Municipality ...
. It is now a neighbourhood of
Whistler, British Columbia
Whistler ( Lillooet/Ucwalmícwts: Cwitima, ; Squamish/Sḵwx̱wú7mesh: Sḵwiḵw, ) is a resort municipality in Squamish-Lillooet Regional District, British Columbia, Canada. It is located in the southern Pacific Ranges of the Coast Mounta ...
,
Canada
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. The post office was renamed Whistler in 1976 when the area was incorporated as part of the Resort Municipality of Whistler.
Canada was shocked when the
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
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led its morning radio broadcast
about
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
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, the
bachelor
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Etymo ...
Prime Minister of Canada
since 1968,
honeymoon
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ing at Alta Lake at the condominium owned by his new in-laws, former federal Cabinet minister
Jimmy Sinclair
James Hugh Sinclair (16 October 1876 – 23 February 1913) was a South African cricketer who played in 25 Test cricket, Test matches from 1896 to 1911. He scored South Africa cricket team, South Africa's first three Test Century (cricket), centu ...
and his wife Kathleen,
the day after a surprise wedding in
North Vancouver, British Columbia on March 4, 1971 to
Margaret Sinclair.
See also
*
Rainbow Lodge 300px, Rainbow Lodge sat centre left at far end of lake
by grove of orange poplars on Alta Lake; Whistler sits out of view at right.
Rainbow Lodge was a small railway resort and was the first commercial fishing and weekend retreat cabin on Alta La ...
References
*
*{{Cite bcgnis, 51790, Alta Lake (former post office)
Whistler, British Columbia
Populated places in the Squamish-Lillooet Regional District
Unincorporated settlements in British Columbia