Alta Lake was a recreational community and railway station on the west side of Alta Lake. It is now a neighbourhood of

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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

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led its morning radio broadcast about

Pierre Elliott Trudeau Joseph Philippe Pierre Yves Elliott Trudeau (October 18, 1919 – September 28, 2000) was a Canadian politician, statesman, and lawyer who served as the 15th prime minister of Canada from 1968 to 1979 and from 1980 to 1984. Between his no ...

, the

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Prime Minister of Canada since 1968,

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ing at Alta Lake at the condominium owned by his new in-laws, former federal Cabinet minister

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and his wife Kathleen, the day after a surprise wedding in North Vancouver, British Columbia on March 4, 1971, to Margaret Sinclair.

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* *{{Cite bcgnis, 51790, Alta Lake (former post office) Whistler, British Columbia Populated places in the Squamish-Lillooet Regional District Unincorporated settlements in British Columbia

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