Whistler Forest History

http://www.whistlermuseum.org/
http://blog.whistlermuseum.org/

Over the last century, wildfires, industrial forestry, and urbanization have all contributed to major environmental change around Whistler, British Columbia. **Using forestry maps and other archival documents, the Whistler Forest History Project, in partnership with the Whistler Museum and the Forest History Association of British Columbia has produced an extensive GIS-based database of historical forest disturbances,encompassing the Whistler Valley's transformation from an isolated mountain outpost to a world-renowned ski resort and Olympic host city. This video provides an overview of the mapping project, offering a comprehensive and compelling visual record of these landscape changes up to the present day, as well as key insights into the increasingly forgotten and often misunderstood role played by the forestry industry throughout Whistler's history.

• Category

  Education