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Whistler
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town in British Columbia, Canada
Key facts
- Country
- Canada
- Province
- British Columbia
- Region
- British Columbia Coast
- Subregion
- Sea-to-Sky Corridor
- Regional district
- Squamish-Lillooet
- Settled
- 1914 by Myrtle and Alex Philip
- Type
- Elected town council
- Mayor
- Jack Crompton
- Manager
- Virginia Cullen
- Governing body
- Whistler Town Council
- Mp
- Patrick Weiler
- Mla
- Jeremy Valeriote
- Total
- 240.00 km (92.66 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 670 m (2,200 ft)
- Density
- 58.3/km (151/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC−07:00 ( Pacific Time )
- Postal code span
- V0N 1B0 & V8E
- Gnbc code
- JCJHI
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Whistler is a resort municipality in Squamish-Lillooet Regional District, British Columbia, Canada. It is located in the southern Pacific Ranges of the Coast Mountains, approximately 125 km (78 mi) north of Vancouver and 36 km (22 mi) south of Pemberton. It has a permanent population of approximately 13,982 (2021),and 3,241 seasonal residents (estimated).
Over two million people visit Whistler annually, primarily for alpine skiing and snowboarding and, in the summer, mountain biking at Whistler Blackcomb. Its pedestrian village has won numerous design awards, and Whistler has been voted among the top destinations in North America by major ski magazines since the mid-1990s. During the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics, Whistler hosted most of the alpine events, Nordic, luge, skeleton, and bobsled events.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Whistler” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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